/lit/ - Literature

>Dude, what if modern economics predates the invention of money because cavemen gave each other tools as favours.

>>19154809
I don't care for people that are dead; natural causes or some other way.

>>19154809
>his book Debt: the first 5000 years makes a lot of sense
look at that "man" -- his expression and his clown vest, atop a wrinkled, cheap shirt. And then consider your evaluation of his work, and your evaluation of your own understanding of economics. And then consider the possibility that you are simply not educated enough to evaluate this man's work, nor wise enough to evaluate his appearance. And then consider what people you have met that defy their initial appearance. Begin to judge. Begin to see

>>19154843
He's right though. He brings up several examples of societies that traded mostly or entirely using credit, including societies that had coins.

>>19154862
Your mother is going to die someday.

>>19154863
I know I'm a retard, that's why I'm asking for your opinion.

> outfit of the guy I trust enough to base my fundamental understanding of reality on
leftism is eternal, unbearable naivete, hence sociopathic extermination regimes, child abuse, and misery that all this entails. pretending things are the way you want them to be does not make it so

>>19154888
He's anti megacorporation and modern capitalism, but he doesn't seem like a crayon-eating antifa.

>>19154885
And so are you, and everyone else on this board. Point being?
You already act and talk like you're dead, so, there isn't a reason to consider your low-brow "gotcha" -- you're spiritually a dead man and not a serious person, especially, some contemporary figure who will be irrelevant in a few decades.

>>19154888
Idk, bro. There's authors who dressed worse.

The research he did for "Bullshit Jobs" was asking people on his Twitter account if they felt they had one, after finding that out i'e never bothered with him.

>>19154949
That sucks. It's a good topic-- there are people out there being paid for doing basically nothing. Someone should do a deep dive on jobs like diversity specialists and re-write the book.

>>19155004
I agree, was interested in it, but once i learned that I just couldn't bring myself to read it.

A proper evaluation on what you said plus the real affects of the "mangerial revolution" would be great.

>>19154949
Debt: the first 5000 years is better researched. It's all based on historical texts.

>>19154934
it's the effort of the vest. there's no excuse. he thought it was worthy of wearing. an expression of intellectual vanity and obliviousness

>>19154843
>Nooo, caveman, stahp. Done share!

>>19154862
So you only read the latest contemporary literature? Why are you here though?

>>19154863
He was a real big fan of Colombo. You can’t argue with that. The man was cool

>>19154910
>being against fascism means you eat crayons

>>19154949
A little more than that, but you got that information *from* the book. He’s good enough to inform the reader just how he came to this —and it’s on the book! THEORY. It was all out in the open from the start and not pretending to be anything else.
Pansy.