Describe how debt is a form of unbalanced exchange and ...

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Describe how debt is a form of unbalanced exchange and hypothesize why it is not found in foraging societies.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Describe how consumption varies in three different microcultures.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. The arrangement will profit the lender more than the borrower.
2. Foraging societies make limited, if any, use of money, so there is no motive for profit.
3. Foraging societies use balanced forms of exchange.
4. No one individual is likely to have more access to resources to lend than any other.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. The example of Israeli birthday parties demonstrates how consumption patterns can convey sophistication or status and introduces the concept of game of distinction.
2. The example of kuru in the Papua New Guinea highlands illustrates a relationship between gender inequality and consumption patterns.
3. The example of children's shopping in New Haven, Connecticut, demonstrates the way consumption patterns reflect and perpetuate inequalities based on race and class.