An Outline of the Origins of MoneyA new English translation of a forgotten German text that influenced cultural understanding of money in the early twentieth century. "On this subject, I only knew the excellent little book by the late Schurtz"Marcel Mauss, 1914, Les origines de la notion de monnaie. Heinrich Schurtz's 1898 book has been a touchstone for economic historians, anthropologists, and philosophers interested in the nature and origins of money in various societies, including