Heterodox
The blogosphere has recently seen a new debate on the origin of money between George Selgin and David Graeber: Ilana E. Strauss, “The Myth of the Barter Economy,” The Atlantic, February 26, 2016 http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/barter-society-myth/471051/ Though not by Selgin or Graeber, I gather that this article set off the debate.George Selgin, “The Myth of the Myth of Barter,” Alt-M Ideas for an Alternative Monetary Future, March 15, 2016....
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