#+title: there's no such thing as barter
#+roam_alias: "myth of barter" "barter myth"
- source :: Debt, the First 4000 Years

David Graeber makes the point in his book /Debt/ that the conception that [[file:20200716125140-money.org][money]]
is a more efficient replacement for barter (as put forth by [[file:20201129140059-adam_smith.org][Adam Smith]]) has no
anthropological evidence, therefore should be challenged.