Blood and Money: War, Slavery, Finance, and Empire - David McNally Audiobook
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Capitalism
Colonialism
Empire
Finance
Imperialism
Money
Slavery
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Blood and Money tells the story of money as a history of violence and human bondage.
In most accounts of the origins of money, we are offered pleasant tales in which it arises to the mutual benefit of all parties as a result of barter. In this groundbreaking study David McNally reveals the true story of money’s origins and development as one of violence and human bondage. Money’s emergence and its transformation are shown to be intimately connected to the buying and selling of slaves and the waging of war.
Blood and Money demonstrates the ways that money has “internalized” its violent origins, making clear that it has become a concentrated force of social power and domination. Where Adam Smith observed that monetary wealth represents “command over labor”, this paradigm shifting book amends his view to define money as comprising the command over persons and their bodies.
“This fascinating and informative study, rich in novel insights, treats money not as an abstraction from its social base but as deeply embedded in its essential functions and origins in brutal violence and harsh oppression.” Noam Chomsky
“David McNally’s new book makes an important contribution to the growing critical literature on such basic components of contemporary capitalism as markets and money. His historical perspective makes the contribution especially insightful.” Richard D. Wolff
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This post has 6 comments with rating of 5/5
September 20th, 2020
the root of accumulated evil.
September 20th, 2020
…and we know that, because evil did not even exist as a possibility prior to the money abstraction.
People’s opposition to money also tends to magically evanesce, once they start making some. Unless the posture of opposition is itself quite lucrative.
September 21st, 2020
Societies were indeed better before finance waged war against communities, history and human nature itself:
https://politicalaudio.org/audio-books/humankind-a-hopeful-history-rutger-bregman-2/
September 21st, 2020
Haven’t war, slavery, famine, disease, unhappiness, absolute poverty, violence, cruel despotism, and all the other evils & ills always existed? Certainly pre-existing the facilitation of the comparatively recent money abstraction.
I believe that the smokin’ gun is probably brandished by the State itself. While the State can be a great engine for good, it can also offer an incomparably organised framework for the commission of the greatest evil.
Merely observe the States which turned against market capitalism during the last century. They enslaved, made war upon & starved their own populations, and attacked their neighbours. The scale of this was truly staggering, and the tyrannical tendency has not gone way.
Hardly a good advert for the alternatives.
September 23rd, 2020
The last time I checked, lions and tigers don’t use green-backs, but they certainly know how to protect what they consider their territory and their possessions.
July 27th, 2021
Look at all the baby brains mad because they don’t understand the argument :(
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