Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There’s not a shred of evidence to support it. Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of co...(展开全部)

Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There’s not a shred of evidence to support it. Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of co...(展开全部)

"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760), also known by the title of "The Dream of the Red Chamber", is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes, of which "The Debt of Tears" is the fourth, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family (a story which closely accords with the fortunes of the author's own family). The two main characte...(展开全部)

"Ray Dalio's excellent study provides an innovative way of thinking about debt crises and the policy response." - Ben Bernanke "Ray Dalio's book is must reading for anyone who aspires to prevent or manage through the next financial crisis." - Larry Summers "A terrific piece of work from one of the world's top investors who has devoted his life to understanding markets and demon...(展开全部)

"Ray Dalio's excellent study provides an innovative way of thinking about debt crises and the policy response." - Ben Bernanke "Ray Dalio's book is must reading for anyone who aspires to prevent or manage through the next financial crisis." - Larry Summers "A terrific piece of work from one of the world's top investors who has devoted his life to understanding markets and demon...(展开全部)

托比亚斯·斯特劳曼（Tobias Straumann） 苏黎世大学经济史副教授，瑞士银行特邀经济顾问。 他在二十世纪欧洲金融和货币历史领域发表了大量著作，著有《货币的固定观念》和《风险的价值》。 代表作《1931：债务、危机与希特勒的崛起》被《金融时报》《BBC历史》《外交事务》《书评》《打开书》等众多媒体推荐，并被牛津大学图书馆、WEILY在线图书馆、IDEAS在线图书馆等收藏。

This narrative takes an uncompromising look at the corporate vultures that prey on America's working class. Made up of pawnshops, payday lenders, check cashers, credit card companies and the like, the fringe economy entices vulnerable consumers into an economic netherworld.

In this wide-ranging history of debt Margaret Atwood investigates its many meanings through the ages, from ancient times to the current global financial meltdown. Many of us wonder: how could we have let such a collapse happen? How old or inevitable is this human pattern of debt? Imaginative, topical and insightful, Payback urges us to reconsider our ideas of ownership and debt...(展开全部)

托比亚斯·斯特劳曼（Tobias Straumann） 苏黎世大学经济史副教授，瑞士银行特邀经济顾问。 他在二十世纪欧洲金融和货币历史领域发表了大量著作，著有《货币的固定观念》和《风险的价值》。 代表作《1931：债务、危机与希特勒的崛起》被《金融时报》《BBC历史》《外交事务》《书评》《打开书》等众多媒体推荐，并被牛津大学图书馆、WEILY在线图书馆、IDEAS在线图书馆等收藏。

Indebtedness, like inequality, has become a ubiquitous condition in the United States. Yet few have probed American cities’ dependence on municipal debt or how the terms of municipal finance structure racial privileges, entrench spatial neglect, elide democratic input, and distribute wealth and power. In this passionate and deeply researched book, Destin Jenkins shows in vivid ...(展开全部)