{"date":"May 24","id":"05-24","intro":["Debts were not always paid in money. Not so long ago the butcher paid for his keg of beer with a slab of beef, and oxen were exchanged for land and wives. Adam Smith tells the interesting story of the origin and use of money."],"minutes":13,"readings":[{"author":"Adam Smith","end":33,"start":27,"volume":10,"work":"Wealth of Nations"}],"slug":"may-24","status":"proofread","title":"They Had No Money—Yet Bought and Sold","url":"/harvard-classics/may-24/","words":2652}