'This book confirms Gudeman as the most original critic of mainstream economics since Karl Polanyi, and the outstanding contemporary proponent of anthropological economics.' Chris Hann, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
1. Strange economies; 2. Strength of the house; 3. Mutuality and connections; 4. Rituals of economy; 5. From celebrations to sales; 6. Colonizing; 7. Money and abstraction; 8. Rethinking economy.