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 ...
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.
作者简介
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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.
目录
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1 On the Experience of Moral Confusion 1
2 The Myth of Barter 21
3 Primordial Debts 43
4 Cruelty and Redemption 73
5 A Brief Treatise on the Moral Grounds of Economic Relations 89
6 Games with Sex and Death 127
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1 On the Experience of Moral Confusion 1
2 The Myth of Barter 21
3 Primordial Debts 43
4 Cruelty and Redemption 73
5 A Brief Treatise on the Moral Grounds of Economic Relations 89
6 Games with Sex and Death 127
7 Honor and Degradation, or, on the Foundations of Contemporary Civilization 165
8 Credit Versus Bullion, And the Cycles of History 211
9 The Axiai Age (800 BC-600 AD) 223
10 The Middle Ages (600 AD-1450 AD) 251
11 Age of the Great Capitalist Empires (1450-1971) 307
12 The Beginning of Something Yet to Be Determined (1971-present) 361
Afterwords 393
Notes 401
Bibliography 463
Index 501
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0 有用 莫里安 2021-12-23 16:02:51
但是还是要说这是一个人类学家的角度写得债的历史。之前完全从经济学的角度切入很容易得出这人好他妈想当然的结论（虽然最后一章和对占领华尔街的声明的确让人一头问号）。虽然我也觉得结论好他妈想当然，但是前面给了很多从来没想到过的事例，让人脑洞大开
0 有用 尼安德特人 2023-12-31 07:18:24 英国
读Graeber的书经常觉得有很多有趣且极富启发性的观点，但不知道整本书的核心是什么（比如这本读完也不太清楚他对债和钱的定义到底是什么）。直到上次和Chris聊天他也说起类似的阅读体验，说这种写作本身也是anarchist的，没有中心，一下消解了好多困惑。
0 有用 吐=槽。呢=哦 2023-05-13 03:23:49 美国
很多独到有意思的东西，但是太复杂了，听得很容易走神，应该看文字版的。