A pretty satisfying response to Graeber http://mises.org/library/have-anthropologists-overturned-menger … but I'd like to see both come to terms with Szabo http://szabo.best.vwh.net/shell.html
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@sarahdoingthing You don't need to tell *me* that! But kids engage in barter earlier/more naturally than they engage with money. -
@sarahdoingthing They'll trade marbles/toys/Magic cards outside school, too. - 15 more replies
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@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev Fluorescent Lighting/Clocks/Bells Prisons/Schools/Hospitals Come to mind. :O#Pavlovian -
@KalishJantzen@sarahdoingthing Schools are hellish. Point is, arguing that currency predates barter is just nuts. - 1 more reply
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