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    leo16 posted an update 6 years, 4 months ago

    Debt, service, and the origins of capitalism- david graeber – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0t50D4lQrs

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      DanaThomas replied 6 years, 4 months ago

      Graeber’s “Debt: the First 5000 Years” is essential reading. Among the many aspects, it debunks the idea, still taught in universities, that “primitive” societies typically used barter before discovering the “wonderful” invention of debt-based money.