Before we can apply the tools of anthropology to reconstruct the real history of money, we need to understand what's wrong with the conventional account. (David Graeber)

Before we can apply the tools of anthropology to reconstruct the real history of money, we need to understand what's wrong with the conventional account.

David Graeber

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