ANT 252 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Jim Yong Kim, David Graeber, Trobriand Islands
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Studied the impact of these laws on the culture of malay entrepreneurs in urban kuala lumpur. Explores the historical relationship between money and debt cross culturally. Opens with the observation that when we"re in debt, we feel a pressure to pay it off. Claims that different types of money are related to distinctive kinds of social dynamics and power relations, some of them quite violent and negative. Applied anthropology- how you can use anthropological knowledge to address real world problems. Criticized the world bank for lending money to poor countries. Because those countries would be forced into debt. A lot of the time, the countries would only be given the money with strings attached. Ex) the way the economy ran in the former communist bloc countries (soviet union) where every aspect of producing certain materials is made by the state government.
