The authors of the Brahmanas were not alone in borrowing the language of the marketplace as a way of thinking about the human condition. Indeed, to one degree or another, all the major world religions do this. The reason is that all of them—from Zoroastrianism to Islam—arose amidst intense arguments about the role of money and the market in human life, and particularly about what these institutions meant for fundamental questions of what human beings owed to one another. The question of debt, and arguments about debt, ran through every aspect of the political life of the time.
David Graeber
(via sambowman)
It’s also interesting to note that the Old Testament/Torah has chapters (and one of the largest parts of the Halacha in Jewish thought) dedicated to trade, business, and related actions. Of course, most of it outlines what we would call today “fair trade” as opposed to “free trade”. I also imagine most historical religious figures (at least from the Abrahamic tradition) would look down on the derivatives market…
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