Anthropology of Money

<p><em>An Anthropology of Money: A Critical Introduction</em> shows how our present monetary system was imposed by elites and how they benefit from it. The book poses the question: how by looking at different forms of money can we appreciate that they have different effects? The authors demonstrate how modern money requires perpetual growth an increase in inequality environmental devastation increasing commoditization and consequently the perpetual consumption of ever more stuff. These are not intrinsic features of money but rather of debt-money. This text shows that through studying money in other cultures we can have money that better serves the broader goals of society.</p>