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In order to understand what real capitalism is we'd have to understand where money came from, and even that is up for debate. Was it inefficient bartering of p
by jonbarker 9y ago
In order to understand what real capitalism is we'd have to understand where money came from, and even that is up for debate. Was it inefficient bartering of primitive people? (As it turns out, maybe not). Was it financiers of conquistadors? Possibly.
- Godel_unicode 9y agoI believe you're being downvoted because the prevailing wisdom is that currency was created to allow specialization and portable stores of value.
- jonbarker 9y agoThis is similar to the argument for the creation of money as a more efficient replacement of barter systems.