books.google.com - Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There’s not a shred of evidence...http://books.google.com/books/about/Debt.html?id=GYhajCQU8XIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDebt
