Scale and revolutionary research of history of commodity-money relationships with the most ancient times to our days, undertaken by the American anthropologist, professor of London school of economy and one of "antileaders" of motion of "Occupy Wall street thinking of a slogan "Us - 99 . Гребер, leaning against anthropological methods, pulls out a thesis, that in basis that we traditionally name an economy, a debt that on the different stages lies development of society can accept the forms of money, barter, mortgages, credits, actions et cetera. One of imperatives of book - to tear up an economy from the hands of "professional economists" proving the insolvency during the last world crisis, and to place her in more wide context of history of culture, political science, sociology and another humanitarian disciplines. For the wide circle of readers.