David Graeber on the History of the Military-Coinage-Slavery Complex
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- Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4AfVkBmo0A
- Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfVFkE4oHs
- Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rVA0U-9iFA
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By Ashley Hodgson, economics professor:
"David Graeber’s book Debt: The First 5,000 Years. This book explores the rise of the military-coinage-slavery complex in the Axial Age, and the defeat of this system that lead to the economic transition into the Middle Ages.
- Video 1: This video introduces a series on David Graeber’s book, Debt: The First 5,000 Years. I set up the frame for the book and the way I will interact with the series, including questions we will explore going through it.
- Video 2: Axial Age Economic Transition
- Video 3: This video explores the Islamic traders of the seas of the Middle Ages, and what sustains their economy.