Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There’s not a shred of evidence to support it.
Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that 5,000 years ago, during the beginning of the agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems. It is in this era, Graeber shows, that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors.
With the passage of time, however, virtual credit money was replaced by gold and silver coins—and the system as a whole began to decline. Interest rates spiked and the indebted became slaves. And the system perpetuated itself with tremendously violent consequences, with only the rare intervention of kings and churches keeping the system from spiraling out of control. Debt: The First 5,000 Years is a fascinating chronicle of this little known history—as well as how it has defined human history, and what it means for the credit crisis of the present day and the future of our economy.
DAVID GRAEBER teaches anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author of Towards an Anthropological Theory of Value, Lost People, and Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire. He has written for Harper’s, The Nation, Mute, and The New Left Review.
本书作者大卫·格雷伯是美国著名的无政府主义人类学家,是“占领华尔街”运动的组织者。 作者通过梳理纵横5000年的人类历史, 阐述了一个看似简单实者重要而复杂的名词:债! 本书直接颠覆了主流经济学理论的货币概念,剑指经济学创立之鼻祖亚当·斯密。 在阅读的过程中,虽然...
评分本书作者大卫·格雷伯是美国著名的无政府主义人类学家,是“占领华尔街”运动的组织者。 作者通过梳理纵横5000年的人类历史, 阐述了一个看似简单实者重要而复杂的名词:债! 本书直接颠覆了主流经济学理论的货币概念,剑指经济学创立之鼻祖亚当·斯密。 在阅读的过程中,虽然...
评分我想起来,作者应该是讨厌【钱生钱】的做法——钱一旦用来生钱,比如放贷,钱就不再是作为价值尺度的纯粹手段,而成了目的。 但是反观现在所有的商业,难道不都是在钱生钱么,只是过程没那么直接,是蜿蜒曲折的罢了:传统企业向银行贷款后扩大生产,以求更多利润;互联网企业得...
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