• @[email protected]
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    202 days ago

    Historically, debt existed before money existed. But that only works in a framework where people can trust eachother to repay the debt.

    • jwiggler
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      112 days ago

      Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber is a cool book about this whole topic

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        I also liked Economics of Money and Banking, a course by Prof. Mehrilng of columbio university, which is available through coursera (1).