Stone Age Economics

Why read it

• You will question the belief that scarcity is our natural condition, since hunters and gatherers may have been the original affluent society
• You will notice that in many societies some goods cannot be traded for others at all, a view of value that markets miss
• You will see why household economies often produce less than they could, a pattern Sahlins calls underproduction

Who it is for

• An economics student who wants views from outside the market
• An anthropology reader interested in gift and exchange
• Anyone who wonders if scarcity is our natural condition

Contents

1. Title
2. FOREWORD TO THE ROUTLEDGE CLASSICS EDITION
3. PREFACE TO NEW EDITION
4. INTRODUCTION
5. 1 The Original Affluent Society
6. 2 The Domestic Mode of Production: The Structure of Underproduction
7. 3 The Domestic Mode of Production: Intensification of Production
8. 4 The Spirit of the Gift
9. 5 On the Sociology of Primitive Exchange
10. 6 Exchange Value and the Diplomacy of Primitive Trade

More books like this

• A Civil ActionJonathan Harr
• A Higher LoyaltyComey, James
• A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the LawAntonin Scalia, Amy Gutmann
• A Very Stable GeniusPhilip Rucker, Carol Leonnig
• AbundanceEzra Klein, Derek Thompson
• Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New RepublicJoanne B. Freeman
• Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in AmericaMartin Gilens
• After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political EconomyRobert O. Keohane
• Age of AngerPankaj Mishra
• Ain’t I a Womanbell hooks
• All the President’s MenBob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
• All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent NationTraister, Rebecca