The biggest benefit I got from reading this book is clearing away a lot of confusion about Alan Watts views about "money as an abstraction". The author offers very sharp critique of real world systems, but does not oversimplify or leave you the idea that it is a binary choice. The focus is not that much on modern economics, but goes in depth of how markets and capital appeared and disappeared in the course of history. The book was entertaining, due to its high quality and colored descriptions of various civilizations and economic systems the past 5000 years, up to modern times.
It raises the bar of quality compared to other papers I've come across, which seems rather lazy rubbish in comparison. However, it is the best thing I have read about economics. It is very long, with 400 pages + 100 pages of notes, so I struggled my way through it. Came across this by reading a discussion about civilization collapse.
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