16 septembrie 2011

cum au fost inventaţi banii

David Graeber despre bani, barter, economişti şi bloguri ...

So what I said was in no way controversial. When confronted on why economists continue to tell the same story, the usual response is: “Well, it’s not like you provide us with another story!” In a way they have a point. The problem is, there’s no reason there should be a single story for the origin of money. Here let me lay out my own actual argument...