Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber

@stefanfurlan · 2017-11-14 21:11 · books

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Insight into the evolution of debt, from 3,500 BC onwards.

Interesting facts: * Debt/credit precedes money. The author argues that debt and credit offer more logical explanation of ascent of money than simplifying barter, the reason normally stated by the economic history books. * Primordial debt. Concept probably not original to this book, but interesting nonetheless. I see it as an interesting way of explaining religion. Seeing a creation of human being as an unsurmountable debt to the omnipotent, explains the earthly sacrifice.

Personal rating: 7/10

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