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The Original Affluent Society

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The Original Affluent Society
Author(s)Sahlins, Marshall
AbstractA long standing tradition in economics views preagricultural societies of hunters and gatherers as desperately poor populations engaged in a continual, exhausting struggle to survive. But in contrast to the traditional view, both historical and anthropological evidence show that many hunter-gatherer societies obtained an adequate diet with surprisingly little labor, and enjoyed substantial leisure time. This selection presents the evidence for “Stone Age affluence” and discusses its significance for contemporary economics.
Pages1-39
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SourceStone Age Economics
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PubDate1972
ISBN_ISSN2070292851

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