The Anthropology of Economy: Community, Market, and CultureISBN: 978-0-631-22567-6
Paperback
198 pages
October 2001, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Using an anthropological perspective, offers a new comparative model of economy.
Demonstrates how all economies are made up of both markets & communal life.
Using 60-70 examples from historical and contemporary cross-cultural contexts, shows how financial profit and capital are dependent on social relationships.
- Argues that reciprocity is the result of community-not its foundation.