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Good Money: The Invention of Capitalism

New Polity

CHAPTER

Primitive Accumulation and the Emergence of Capitalism

This chapter explores the concept of primitive accumulation and its role in the development of a money economy and capitalism. It challenges the narrative that capitalism naturally emerged through organic growth and discusses the transition from self-sufficiency to wage labor.

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