Natalie Smolenski joins me to discuss her paper, 'Toward an Anthropological Theory of Money.' We talk about the relationship between anthropologists and economists, the difference between social institutions and social technology, and the anthropological significance of Bitcoin.

Toward an Anthropological Theory of Money with Natalie Smolenski (WiM394)

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Toward an Anthropological Theory of Money with Natalie Smolenski (WiM394)

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