Yes and: As an anthropologist, Graeber details historical examples of capital, markets, debt, currency, etc.
TLDR: They're all ancient.
Graeber doesn't try to define capitalism much less Capitalism. He cares about social structures and relations, not finance and monetary policy.
But absolutely do not take me as an authority on Graeber or these subjects. He spent decades researching and refining. I'm just relating my noob understanding of his writing.
TLDR: They're all ancient.
Graeber doesn't try to define capitalism much less Capitalism. He cares about social structures and relations, not finance and monetary policy.
But absolutely do not take me as an authority on Graeber or these subjects. He spent decades researching and refining. I'm just relating my noob understanding of his writing.