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Debt - Updated and Expanded

The First 5,000 Years

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De : David Graeber
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Now in audio, the updated and expanded edition: David Graeber's "fresh...fascinating...thought-provoking...and exceedingly timely" (Financial Times) history of debt.

Here, anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: He shows that before there was money, there was debt. For more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods - that is, long before the invention of coins or cash. It is in this era, Graeber argues, that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors.

Graeber shows that arguments about debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates from Italy to China, as well as sparking innumerable insurrections. He also brilliantly demonstrates that the language of the ancient works of law and religion (words like "guilt", "sin", and "redemption") derive in large part from ancient debates about debt, and shape even our most basic ideas of right and wrong. We are still fighting these battles today without knowing it.

©2014 David Graeber (P)2015 Gildan Media LLC Anthropologie Economie

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"Controversial and thought-provoking, an excellent book." (Booklist)
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Un horizon historique fascinant et des découvertes très surprenantes tout du long ! je recommande !

Absolument magistral !

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This is not fiction but fact and it is quite scary but highly satisfying to know about. This book is one of the best on the market and it is revealing a lot about the world we live in, that has always been complex at levels hard to explain but part of the fabric of the universe.

One of the best books I ever heared

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Really bad reading (listening), D. GRAEBER takes never-ending paths to express simple concepts and ideas.. Cheap

Wannabe deep thinking on the essence of money

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