具体描述
Before there was money, there was debt
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 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.
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
美国著名人类学家和无政府主义者，伦敦大学戈德史密斯学院高级讲师。他曾为《哈珀斯》、《国家》、Mute杂志、《新左派评论》等国家媒体供稿。大卫•格雷伯是伦敦经济学院2006年度马林诺夫斯基纪念讲座主讲人。该讲座为向重塑研究文化的杰出人类学家致敬而设，每年举办一次。
目录信息
读后感
首先作者一上来就推翻了古典经济学家关于货币起源的观点:以物易物-》以货币易物。从人类学家，历史学家来观察，作者观察到货币起源是这样的：以债易物-》政府规范债-》创造货币。这样货币的必要性，合法性跟政府是有很大关系的，从根本上怀疑了自由市场鼓吹者的根基。 ...
评分 评分- 记录债务的信用体系发生在货币以前，货币是为方便转移债务而发明。以物换物只发生在陌生人之间。 - 金银是战争的同谋，而不是和平的附属。 - 按照虚拟货币和金属货币的交易为依据，把欧亚史分为第一农耕帝国时代（前3500-前800，庙宇里的贵金属是国家系统的基石，陶片记债法...
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评分《债》是一个人类学家大卫●格雷柏讲述人类五千年进程中债的起源、如何演绎的历史。 他的一些观点颠覆了我们学过的经济学常识，例如货币的起源并非是亚当斯密所说的原始人物物交换，只不过是人们往来的记账标记。债不同于责任，是可以精确度量的；往往由于双方对债的度量、利息...
用户评价
Good reading material for upper class and some middle class. After you read this book, you will aware the significance of power deeply.
评分不同的视角，颇具启发性
评分Great and timely read
评分用这书内容来理解希腊问题，比较刺激。不适合右派阅读，读得下去，也不好作右派了。关于货币的起源，真是颠覆经济学教科书的论述啊。照作者看法，经济学真像是宗教，而非学问了。最后一章前半截，决定中文版的出版。
评分用这书内容来理解希腊问题，比较刺激。不适合右派阅读，读得下去，也不好作右派了。关于货币的起源，真是颠覆经济学教科书的论述啊。照作者看法，经济学真像是宗教，而非学问了。最后一章前半截，决定中文版的出版。
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