Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition 1623175771, 9781623175771

Expanded and updated, Charles Eisenstein's classic treatise on capitalism, currency, and the gift economy. This re

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Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition
1623175771, 9781623175771

"Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the m

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"Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the m

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This significant new work by a prominent medievalist focusses on the period of transition between 1250 and 1550, when th

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Norwich was second only to London in size and economic significance from the late Middle Ages through to the mid-sevente

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The race for global talent is on, but it often gets bogged down in the thorny policy debate on immigration. While the U.

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This work provides a systematic sociological discussion of one of the most important of modern institutions: money. The

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Mainstream economics offers a perspective on the gift which is constructed around exchange, axioms of self-interest, ins

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At the heart of capitalism lies the idea of ‘homo economicus’: an ever-rational human being motivated by self-interest w

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