tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post8085817766161328440..comments2024-03-17T00:23:24.896-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: Observations on Non-Commercial MoneyLord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-275009094864314282012-02-21T02:53:04.209-08:002012-02-21T02:53:04.209-08:00"Can I ask, do you see commercial money as pr...<i>"Can I ask, do you see commercial money as progressing from ceremonial money, or do you see them as different species in the genus of money?"</i><br /><br />Since non-commercial money can come to be used as commercial money, I don't think it is a completely "different species". Clearly, it is a type of money in a set of forms of money.<br /><br />In some societies, non-commercial money no doubt evolved into commercial money, but it isn't some kind of universal way, however. The origins of money is too complex for that.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-13022507019181725762012-02-20T16:22:58.276-08:002012-02-20T16:22:58.276-08:00Excellent post. Thank you.
Can I ask, do you see ...Excellent post. Thank you.<br /><br />Can I ask, do you see commercial money as progressing from ceremonial money, or do you see them as different species in the genus of money? Or something else entirely?MBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18404729484594219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-37285284878325435732012-02-19T19:53:04.358-08:002012-02-19T19:53:04.358-08:00Reciprocal gift exchange, especially where social ...Reciprocal gift exchange, especially where social relations enter the transactions, is not barter in the economic sense. And there is a vast literature on this.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-65175194790276425562012-02-19T12:28:58.756-08:002012-02-19T12:28:58.756-08:00"Early exchanges were in the way of present-g..."Early exchanges were in the way of present-giving, and were expressions of friendship with no ulterior economic purpose, <b>although the latter – an expectation of an adequate or even improved return – cannot be excluded from human dealings.</b>"<br /><br />Ergo barter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-52802779594700788302012-02-18T20:04:33.224-08:002012-02-18T20:04:33.224-08:00Very good post, However I must push on one point. ...Very good post, However I must push on one point. Isn't it a bit disingenuous to put the barter spot theory of money in with the others? The others all have broad empirical support of one sort or another. The barter story has people thrown into prison after living their entire lives in a monetary society.Nathan Tankushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298104991209885385noreply@blogger.com