Over the past few weeks, French television channels have devoted much more air time to the material damage caused by the protests than to the demands of the protesters and the goals they are fighting for.
￭ But why does viewing goods or money arouse such rage? What does the destruction of public goods represent in the collective psyche? What kind of offense or defiance does he embody?
￭ Economic anthropology has shown how money, since its inception, has been used as a tool of control. Julio Linares' latest book Decolonization of Money offers insightful reflections on how to imagine a world where money and debt are abolished, and where the dollar no longer reigns as the world's hegemonic currency.