Barter, Exchange and Value: An Anthropological Approach by Caroline Humphrey and Stephen Hugh-Jones
English | June 26, 1992 | ISBN-10: 052140682X | 203 pages | LQ scan PDF | 6,7 MB
Economists treat barter as an inefficient alternative to market exchange, assuming that it is normal only in primitive economies. For their part, anthropologists are more concerned with the social and moral complexities of the "gift," and treat barter as mere haggling.