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Debt: The First 5000 Years

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First published: 2011
Pages: 691

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'Debt: The First 5000 Years' book is an exploration of the concept of debt. Graeber challenges traditional economic theories, arguing that systems of credit existed long before money. The author examines the historical relationship of debt with social institutions and suggests that our understanding of debt is deeply intertwined with our morality.

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David Graeber

David Rolfe Graeber was an American anthropologist and anarchist social and political activist. His influential work in social and economic anthropology, particularly his books Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011), The Utopia of Rules (2015), Bullshit Jobs (2018), and The Dawn of Everything (2021), and his leading role in the Occupy movement earned him recogni...