David Graeber's response to Robert Murphy

Following my post of yesterday providing links, David Graeber responds at Naked Capitalism to Robert Murphy's post of September 1, Have Anthropologists Overturned Menger? and follow-up of September 8, Murphy Replies to David Graeber on Menger and Money

David Graeber: On the Invention of Money – Notes on Sex, Adventure, Monomaniacal Sociopathy and the True Function of Economics: A Reply to Robert Murphy’s ‘Have Anthropologists Overturned Menger?

I responded to Prof. Murphy's September 9 post here.

David Graeber links

Economic anthropologist David Graeber recently published Debt: The First 5000 Years. It gives a good historical background for the MMT theory of money as debt. BTW, the book is a fantastic deal — 544 pages in hardback for only $20 at Amazon (link above).

Daily Kos, debt, history, and magical thinking

C-Span, Debt: The First 5000 Years (1 hour interview)

(h/t RSJ of windyanabasis)

I previously posted this link to an interview of Graeber by Philip Plinkington at Naked Capitalism. He also participates in the comments.

What is Debt? – An Interview with Economic Anthropologist David Graeber

UPDATE: Anonymous reminds in the comments that David Graeber and Robert Murphy recently tangled at Mises.org

Have Anthropologists Overturned Menger?

David Graeber’s Response to My Article

Murphy Replies to David Graeber on Menger and Money

Murphy v. Graeber, Graeber v. Murphy

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