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Debt--Updated and Expanded

by David Graeber
Grover Gardner
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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.
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Publisher: Ascent Audio Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781469063058
  • File size: 513043 KB
  • Release date: October 1, 2015
  • Duration: 17:48:50

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  • ISBN: 9781469063058
  • File size: 513643 KB
  • Release date: October 1, 2015
  • Duration: 17:39:41
  • Number of parts: 19

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Business Nonfiction

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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.
Expand title description text
Business Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Ascent Audio
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781469063058
    File size: 513043 KB
    Release date: October 1, 2015
    Duration: 17:48:50

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781469063058
    File size: 513643 KB
    Release date: October 1, 2015
    Duration: 17:39:41
    Number of parts: 19

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English