...and Forgive Them Their Debts
by Michael Hudson · first published 2018
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…definitely changed my view on what money is and how it came to be. And how political money really is, like a king can say from now one 1 gold coin equals 11 silver coins etc. Another one is the book "And forgive them their debts" by Michael Hudson talking about ancient debt jubilee in the middle east. If i'm not mistaken one of the sources for debt: the first 5000 years book.
on “After the pandemic, we can’t go back to sleep (2020)” ↗Funny i just started reading(half way through, its a hard book to read) Micheal Hudson book "...And forgive them their debts" talks about bronze age economics etc and debt forgiveness and how their number base was usually taken for interests calculations.
on “Roman Finger Counting” ↗Are you familiar with the work of Michael Hudson? I just learned of "...and forgive them their debts" [0], and looking forward to reading it. While I'm generally in favor of debt forgiveness for 2021 America, in his talks he's primarily described jubilees in the context of regime change: a new conquering…
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