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Debt: The First 5,000 Years

David’s magnum opus is a book that eludes simple summaries. Debt is an encyclopaedic journey through global history encompassing the stories of grand civilizations as well as small societies whose social logics reveal more about the human condition than anyone might imagine. It is primarily a story about money and the way material issues have always been underlain by moral considerations.

Thoughts on David Graeber’s ‘Debt: the first 5,000 years’

by Joseph Kay | External link

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