Barter, Exchange and Value: An Anthropological Approach by Caroline Humphrey, Stephen Hugh-Jones

Barter, Exchange and Value: An Anthropological Approach

Caroline Humphrey, Stephen Hugh-Jones

212 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction economics challenging informative medium-paced
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Economists treat barter as an inefficient alternative to market exchange, assuming that it is normal only in primitive economies. For their part, anthropologists are more concerned with the social and moral complexities of the "gift," and treat ba...

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