ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Main Source, Thorstein Veblen, Barter
4 Dec 2016
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Conventional economists have come to appreciate the different ways of approaching the fundamental economics of everyday life. To understand how the schedule of wants or demands of a given society is balanced against the supply of goods and services available, it is necessary to introduce a noneconomic variable the anthropological variable of culture. Economic system: the production, distributed, and consumption of goods. In every culture, customs and rules govern the kinds of work done, who does the work, who controls the resources and tools, and how the work is accomplished. The rules surrounding the use of resources are embedded in the culture and determine the way the economy operates. Flexibility and sexual integration: activities are generally divided up evenly among sexes, some tasks are deemed appropriate for one sex but may be performed by the other sex without loss of face. Boys are girls are raised the same way.
