Debt: The First 5000 Years - autonomous learning

INDEX 495
Bank of England
creation of, 339-340, 372, 449n87,
451n8
debt monetization and, 452n18
growth of, 342
loans and, 344, 365, 44H50n87
money, printing of, 339, 452n18
money theories and, 45, 49, 397n16
politics and, 342-343
Banking Law Journal, 40
banknotes. See paper money
bankruptcy
causes of, 379
in France, 359
national bankruptcy, 359, 450n114
bankruptcy laws
in England, 359, 393n12, 450n113
in U.S., 16, 379, 381, 393-394nn12-13,
394n13 (Chap. 1)
bankruptcy reform, 16, 393-394nn12-13
banks/banking systems
conspiracy theories about, 363-364
financial crisis of 2008 and, 15-17,
372, 393nll
global monetary systems, 368-369
"go-go banking," 2
in Greece, 227, 426n12
Islamic law on, 275-280,
436-437nn68-74
in Italy, 291-292, 440n132
in medieval Europe, 291-292,
440n132
modern banking systems, 448n87
"primitive banking," 448n75
private bank notes, 338, 448n75,
449n102
"proto-banks," 435n54
proverbs about, 1
See also central banks; Federal Reserve
Bank
Banque Royal (France), 342
barbarian coins, 252, 43 1n1
"Barbarian Law Codes," 60, 77, 128, 172,
252
Barbarossa, Frederick, 441nn143
Barbon, Nicholas, 448n81
Bardi, 291
bargaining customs
bazaars, haggling in, 102-104
in Islam, 279-280, 329, 438n88
in Java, 102
in Madagascar, 104
bar tabs, 18, 38, 40, 47, 85, 269, 327
barter, myth of
continued belief in, 43-45, 396n1
dispelling, 33-41, 36-38, 395n24
overview, 52-62
role in society, 386
Smith on utopian barter economy,
22-24, 34-36, 46, 374, 383-384,
385
barter systems
Aristotle on, 24, 394n6
division of labor and, 25-26
"double coincidence of wants," 22-23,
34, 36
economists' views of, 22-28, 28, 36-
38, 395n24
exchange, mental function and, 25-26,
394n9
hospitality values and, 29-34
labor, division of and, 25-26
negative views about, 291
origins of money and, 21, 29, 394n14,
394nn14-16
overview, 22-24, 32-33
sociality in, 29-33
violence and, 32, 395n21
vs. using money, 22-24, 44-45, 396n6
women's role in, 29-30, 394n15,
395nn15
barter systems, types of
adal-badal (give and take), 33-34
in Africa, 24, 35, 394n7
in the Americas, 24, 394n7
ceremonial barter, 333, 35, 127,
395n18, 395n21, 415n3 1
gift economies, 36, 90, 108
Gunwinggu people, 333, 35, 127,
415n3 1
Inuit people, 114-1 16, 407n46
in Islam, 279-281, 438n88
Kalahari Bushmen, 35
Kwakiutl potlatches, 396n1
in Madagascar, 28
Nambikwara people, 29-30, 32-33,
35, 127, 410n22
Native American systems of exchange,
25, 394n10
in Oceania, 394n7