Debt: The First 5000 Years - autonomous learning

530 INDEX
suftaja, 201, 276, 291, 437n81
suicide, 227, 262-264, 399n34
as result of credit debt, 381
Sulawesi, debt bondage in, 156
Sumer
child-selling in, 129
coins, origins of in, 215-216
debt records in, 39, 396n32
economic history of, 39, 396n32
freedom, concept of in, 65, 216
interest-bearing loans in, 216
marriage customs in, 417n53
patriarchal honor in, 177-178
prostitution in, 181-182, 416n44, 416n48
temples and palaces, economics of,
39, 396n32
See also Mesopotamia
Sumerian language, changes in, 178
Sumerian terminology
amargi (freedom), 65, 216
ur (honor), 165
Sung dynasty, 258
supply and demand, 102, 107
folktales about, 102
supply-side economics, 377
swapping objects, 29, 37, 44, 85, 395n16
sweatshops, 351
Sweden, central banks in, 45
symbol, money as, 298-302
"symbol," etymology of, 298,
442n160-164
"symbolic capital,", 437n76
Symbolic Theology (Pseudo-Dionysius),
442n155
symbolon (tally), 298-299, 442n158,
442nn149-154
"symbols," etymology of, 442nn153-154
Symposium, The (Plato), 296
Syria, Islam in, 273
T
tabs, as credit systems, 18, 38, 40, 47, 85,
269, 327
taille (tally), 330
Taiwan, 367, 371, 372
U.S. treasury bonds and, 6
tallies
as credit systems, 48-5 1, 396n37,
397n1S
defined, 442n158
tally sticks, 48, 268, 396n37, 397n16,
425n26, 435nn48-53, 442n161
Tambiah, Stanley J., 417n55
Taoism, 224, 269, 297, 301, 429n50,
442n163
Tattiriya Sarphita, 399n-37
Taussig, Mick, 449n95
tax cuts, 450n110
taxes
in ancient world, 63, 400nn51-52
as cause for debt, 82-83, 85, 393n4,
403n21, 403n23
in China, 269, 310, 313, 400n52
colonialism and, 5, 50-5 1, 393n1
compulsory loans and, 338-339
crying down/crying up", 282, 337,
438n95, 440n130
"educational/moralizing tax," 50
in Egypt, 63, 400n52, 452n52
in India, 62-63, 400n52, 428n36
in Islamic law, 436n61
Laffer curve and, 90, 438n93
in Madagascar, 5-6, 50-51, 393n1
as marks of conquest, 400n52
in Mesopotamia, 65
in Middle East, 201, 274, 276, 436n64,
437n81
Mongol tax systems, 310
objections to paying, 85-86, 403n28
overview, 62-65
in Persia, 63
primordial debt and, 59, 63
purpose of, 55-56
in Rome, 63
U.S. international monetary policy
and, 361, 366
used to create markets, 179
tax reforms, 444n6
Templars, 291, 441n144
temple dancers
in Greece, 418n61
in Mesopotamia, 181-182, 416n44
temples and palaces
debt records in, 21
economic systems in, 39, 396n32
interest-bearing loans and, 64-65,
400n53
Ten Commandments, 129, 409n8
Tenochtitlan, 314-3 15, 3 17, 355
terhatum (bride payment), 179