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Sharing Debt and Houses: Strategies for Surviving Late Capitalism Among Aging Ghanaian Migrants in Canada

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The appropriation of commodities, or decommodification, occurs alongside processes of commodification as part of the diverse economies coexisting with capitalism. Drawing on research among aging Ghanaian immigrants living in Canada, I examine their attempts to decommodify housing within unaffordable housing markets as part of cultural projects
Cati Coe
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Was the Inca Economy Based on “Protomoney”? Or, Why Accounting Systems Should Not Be Conflated With Concepts of Exchange Value

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The khipu knotted string records in the ancient Andes were accounting systems, but they did not indicate any concepts of commensurability or exchange value. They were not incipient money; instead, monetized commerce appears to have predated the economic organization of the Inca society. The article begins by tracing the emergence of coinage in
Alf Hornborg
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The Coin's Third Side: Illiberal Money and the Sociality of a Community Currency

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Classic work in the analysis of money has emphasized the role of the state and the market in giving money its value. This article seeks to build on work that has emphasized the coin's “third side,” in which society serves as a source of monetary value.
Daromir Rudnyckyj
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From Rare to Common: The Live Streaming Industry of Jadeite Trade in Ruili in the China–Myanmar Borderlands

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the early years of the 21st century, the city of Ruili has grown to be a major trade hub for Burmese jadeite on the China–Myanmar border. Starting from 2016 to 2017, Ruili's jadeite trade shifted heavily to online live streaming transactions through media platforms like Douyin, RedNote/Xiaohongshu, and Taobao/Tmall.
Yi Ma
wiley   +1 more source

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