This isn't prescriptive, but reading Debt and toward an anthropological theory of value will show you how varied human economies have been, including concrete examples of decentralized planned economies (the Iroquois), economies with institutionalized theft (some Maori) and economies centered around competitive gift giving (the Kawakawakw)
My main takeaway was that real economies are always way weirder than the academic categories they fall into.
Towards an anthropological theory of value by Graeber has more examples, Debt is a more fun read and articulates the existence of alternatives more explicitly.
Oh, and the audible narration is a pretentious Englishman, just a warning.
This isn't prescriptive, but reading Debt and toward an anthropological theory of value will show you how varied human economies have been, including concrete examples of decentralized planned economies (the Iroquois), economies with institutionalized theft (some Maori) and economies centered around competitive gift giving (the Kawakawakw)
My main takeaway was that real economies are always way weirder than the academic categories they fall into.
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Towards an anthropological theory of value by Graeber has more examples, Debt is a more fun read and articulates the existence of alternatives more explicitly.
Oh, and the audible narration is a pretentious Englishman, just a warning.
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