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Debt: The first five thousand years

Debt has always involved institutions that control debt’s potentially catastrophic social consequences. It is only in the current era that we have seen the creation of a planetary administrative system that protects the interests of creditors.
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Society, Policy & CultureHistory & Retro Computing2010

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Apr 23, 2010Debt: The first five thousand years by MaysonL7514

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