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This special edition, featuring a new introduction by renowned economist Thomas Piketty, delves into the intricacies of economic history, challenging long-held beliefs about the development of money and credit systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContrary to the traditional narrative found in economics textbooks, which suggests that money was invented to simplify barter systems, Graeber presents compelling evidence that debt, not money, was the foundation of early economic transactions. Through meticulous research, he demonstrates that for over 5,000 years, from the dawn of the first agrarian empires, complex credit systems were utilised to facilitate trade and commerce, predating the creation of coinage and cash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGraeber explores the profound implications of these credit systems, illustrating how they established the roles of debtors and creditors and influenced social hierarchies and power dynamics. 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This groundbreaking work embarks on a breathtaking journey through the earliest societies, revealing a complex tapestry of human interaction devoid of the simplistic interpretations of either 'primitive and childlike' or 'brutish and warlike' behaviours often attributed to our ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor generations, prevailing theories have suggested that civilisation’s emergence required the sacrifice of original freedoms for the sake of order, or the taming of humanity’s baser instincts. The authors dismantle these theories, presenting evidence derived from pioneering archaeological and anthropological research. 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