The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
Journal of Economic Literature
2023
Samuel Bowles of Santa Fe Institute and CORE Econ reviews “The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity” by David Graeber and David Wengrow. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Presents an interpretation of human history that revises long-held assumptions about the emergence of social inequality and hierarchy, considering the implications of this counternarrative for accounts of the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery, and civilization itself.”
- DOI
- 10.1257/jel.61.3.1188.r2
- Volume
- 61 (3)
- Pages
- 1190-1198
- Language
- en
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