Barter, Exchange and Value: An Anthropological Approach

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Product DescriptionEconomists 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 barter as mere haggling. The authors in this collection do not accept that barter occupies a residual [...]

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