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Re:Rai Stones by carapace on Saturday March 21, 2020 @05:54PM (#22650537)
That book is on my list to read.

One of the most interesting things I've heard about money is what Giordano Bruno (1548 – 1600) supposedly said: "Whatever has the greatest value and the least cost of storage becomes money."

Re:Rai Stones by serf on Saturday March 21, 2020 @07:37PM (#22651221)
it's a good book, but the earlier chapters regarding tribal economics and the valued currency being tribal women themselves is questionable from a truth standpoint.

Tribes traded people for goods and services, sometimes temporarily. It was mostly a sex and politics thing, but the book views it as a form of currency bartering and trade; I think there is more nuance there.