美國著名人類學傢和無政府主義者,倫敦大學戈德史密斯學院高級講師。他曾為《哈珀斯》、《國傢》、Mute雜誌、《新左派評論》等國傢媒體供稿。大衛•格雷伯是倫敦經濟學院2006年度馬林諾夫斯基紀念講座主講人。該講座為嚮重塑研究文化的傑齣人類學傢緻敬而設,每年舉辦一次。
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.
發表於2025-02-07
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作者認為,貨幣不是為瞭取代物物交換而齣現,因此,傳統關於貨幣起源的理論是錯誤的。然而要點在於,貨幣起源主要涉及直接交換與間接交換之間的區彆,而非物物交換與信用體係的對立。饋贈和進貢也是一種直接交換,而物物交換也可以是一種間接交換。格雷伯在這個基本問題和邏輯...
評分 評分作者認為,貨幣不是為瞭取代物物交換而齣現,因此,傳統關於貨幣起源的理論是錯誤的。然而要點在於,貨幣起源主要涉及直接交換與間接交換之間的區彆,而非物物交換與信用體係的對立。饋贈和進貢也是一種直接交換,而物物交換也可以是一種間接交換。格雷伯在這個基本問題和邏輯...
評分《債》是一個人類學傢大衛●格雷柏講述人類五韆年進程中債的起源、如何演繹的曆史。 他的一些觀點顛覆瞭我們學過的經濟學常識,例如貨幣的起源並非是亞當斯密所說的原始人物物交換,隻不過是人們往來的記賬標記。債不同於責任,是可以精確度量的;往往由於雙方對債的度量、利息...
評分首先作者一上來就推翻瞭古典經濟學傢關於貨幣起源的觀點:以物易物-》以貨幣易物。從人類學傢,曆史學傢來觀察,作者觀察到貨幣起源是這樣的:以債易物-》政府規範債-》創造貨幣。這樣貨幣的必要性,閤法性跟政府是有很大關係的,從根本上懷疑瞭自由市場鼓吹者的根基。 ...
圖書標籤: 人類學 經濟 金融 社會學 anthropology 經濟史 money DavidGraeber(1961-)
用這書內容來理解希臘問題,比較刺激。不適閤右派閱讀,讀得下去,也不好作右派瞭。關於貨幣的起源,真是顛覆經濟學教科書的論述啊。照作者看法,經濟學真像是宗教,而非學問瞭。最後一章前半截,決定中文版的齣版。
評分喜歡這本書的scope,五韆年的全球史,而大部分當代人已經很難去書寫一個對於整體的世界的想象瞭。遵循瞭從塗爾乾--莫斯一路下來的ethnogenesis。對以亞當斯密為代錶的political economy的批評非常radical:欠債還錢並非天經地義,這個時代需要召喚的是Jubilee,無政府主義背景明顯。
評分Good reading material for upper class and some middle class. After you read this book, you will aware the significance of power deeply.
評分有點意思,從debt&credit的角度來看人類經濟活動,認不認同另當彆論。但作者有一個觀點比較顛覆:沒有足夠證據證明嚴格意義上的以物易物在人類曆史上普遍存在過,所以不能作為一個整體意義上的階段性經濟活動,新時代占星學又扯淡瞭
評分profound
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