{"product_id":"blood-and-money-by-david-mcnally-9781642591330","title":"Blood and Money","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoney's emergence and its transformation are shown to be intimately connected to the buying and selling of slaves and the waging of war. \u003cem\u003eBlood and Money\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates the ways that money has \"internalized\" its violent origins, making clear that it has become a concentrated force of social power and domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423866110188,"sku":"9781642591330","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781642591330.jpg?v=1774769776","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/blood-and-money-by-david-mcnally-9781642591330","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}