An interesting interview (the second half of the programme) where David Graeber describes his anthropological study of 5,000
years of Debt which shows that dispensing credit precedes even the
invention of money.
Hear the interview at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0196rp1
See the book:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GYhajCQU8XIC
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Social sciences — a plaidoyer
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from Lars Syll One of the most important tasks of social sciences is to
explain the events, processes, and structures that take place and act in
society. H...