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We are honored to present the first English translation of Jean-Michel Servet's essay, "The Barter Myth & the Conceptual Foundations of Economic Modernity." While Graeber's DEBT popularized the critique of the myth of barter, Servet's essay originated that critique & did so in a more capacious way.

✨New!✨ moneyontheleft.org/2026/06/20/t... @feinig.bsky.social translates & introduces an early essay by Jean-Michel Servet. This work inspired Graeber's critical popularization of the "myth of barter." Yet Servet's project goes further by also affirming money’s pro-social powers. Please share! 🙌