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Re:YouTube takes down the Ig Nobel show because of a 1914 re... by cool_dude85 on Monday September 13, 2021 @09:24PM (#28519081)
But that has cause and effect backwards. Nobody is claiming that money does not do that, but that it did not arise because of the inefficiency of barter.
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Re:YouTube takes down the Ig Nobel show because of a 1914 re... by andrekandre on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:35AM (#28521506)
i havent read the book yet, but i am surmising that the claim is that money originally arose in order to service debts, not because (at that time) it was more efficient?
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Re:YouTube takes down the Ig Nobel show because of a 1914 re... by roughly on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @04:31PM (#28530658)
No - the claim is that money fundamentally arose for taxation (either to the government or to the priests), and may also have been useful for long distance trade between partners with no expected long term relationships.
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Re:YouTube takes down the Ig Nobel show because of a 1914 re... by andrekandre on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:24PM (#28534892)
i see, thanks for the clarification!
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