{"product_id":"debt-the-first-5-000-years-updated-and-expanded-paperback","title":"Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Updated and Expanded - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Graeber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe groundbreaking international best-seller that turns everything you think about money, debt, and society on its head--from the \"brilliant, deeply original political thinker\" David Graeber (Rebecca Solnit, author of \u003ci\u003eMen Explain Things to Me\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore there was money, there was debt. 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 that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors--which lives on in full force to this day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So says anthropologist David Graeber in a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that arguments about debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates from Renaissance Italy to Imperial 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We are still fighting these battles today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Graeber\u003c\/b\u003e (1961-2020) was a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. One of the original organizers of Occupy Wall Street, Graeber was also the author of \u003ci\u003eUtopia of Rules \u003c\/i\u003eand wrote widely for publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Baffler, n+1, The Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.1 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964718580013,"sku":"9781612194196","price":26.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/debt-the-first-5000-years-updated-and-expanded-paperback-5758008.webp?v=1775474586","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/debt-the-first-5-000-years-updated-and-expanded-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}