• iii@mander.xyz
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    Historically, debt existed before money existed. But that only works in a framework where people can trust eachother to repay the debt.

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      Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber is a cool book about this whole topic

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        I also liked Economics of Money and Banking, a course by Prof. Mehrilng of columbio university, which is available through coursera (1).