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I’m fairly well versed in the barter -> coinage -> credit -> prosperity orthodoxy. Probably the best balance between accessibility and rigor on why that’s prov
by benreesman 5y ago
I’m fairly well versed in the barter -> coinage -> credit -> prosperity orthodoxy.
Probably the best balance between accessibility and rigor on why that’s provably utter nonsense is “Debt: The First 5000 Years” by David Graeber.
Now I know I’m going to piss off the Ayn Rand crowd, but I’m not concerned about that for two reasons:
1. Anyone who enjoys lectures about feeding the poor to one another written by an embittered old author living on fucking welfare is beyond my help. Bonus points: was tight with Greenspan who fucked up on, pretty much everything.
2. I don’t have an HN account older than some hackers with 1k karma on it because I play to the crowd. Quite the contrary. But as a cute sidebar: I make things people want. Never needed a Loopt-style backroom back rub.