Crossroads: Money and Civilisation, Inseparable?

Following the success and satisfaction of the group's meeting two weeks ago, I am pleased to announce the next meetup.

For this meetup, on the eve of the Summer Solstice, our initial topic of discussion will be simply On Money: how wealth, oligarchy, and money in general have been viewed across different civilisations, and whether one can have a functioning civilisation without some concept of money.

We'll start with short introductions from everyone attending.

The focus will be on historical, scientific and philosophical discussion rather than contemporary political debate.

(The picture on your right, depicts (from left to right) Babylon, Rome and Pataliputra, financial capitals of the ancient Middle east, Europe and South Asia)

(You'll recognise me by my brown coat)