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Rec'd on 📖 3/12: ONE (1) OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS
Debt: the first 5000 years
Changed my perspective on so much--namely money and history. It's shocking how so much of the mainstream story of where money came from is false conjecture. For instance, we are told that societies start out bartering for goods and then develop money to make trade easier... but actually Graeber shows in no society has bartering ever predated coinage. The actual ways societies have historically dealt with exchange of goods and services are diverse and often more humanistic. Could it be that the mainstream narrative is merely justification for the inevitability of the free market? 🤔 Definitely want to re-read because there's lots more too
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@lukebackatit
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@celine
so many moments in my life are connecting to this rec right now!! a tiktok comment from a few years ago, my favourite memoir, a school assignment, all referencing graeber without me ever looking into what exactly he’s written. this is my sign to read this book.
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@lukebackatit
@CELINE what's the memoir?
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@celine
@LUKEBACKATIT it’s actually by Rebecca Solnit, who’s featured on the cover. It’s called The Faraway Nearby!
17h ago

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