I found this an interesting interview about the history of money and debt.
Check it out.
What is Debt? An Interview with Economic Anthropologist David GraeberDavid Graeber currently holds the position of Reader in Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths University London. Prior to this he was an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University. He is the author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years which is available from Amazon.
Interview conducted by Philip Pilkington, a journalist and writer based in Dublin, Ireland.
Philip Pilkington: Lets begin. Most economists claim that money was invented to replace the barter system. But youve found something quite different, am I correct?
David Graeber: Yes theres a standard story were all taught, a once upon a time its a fairy tale.
DEBT is a sum of money that owed to somebody or bank or company that has due, It is indeed a Financial obligation to pay in a specific date depending on what you agreed upon. that for me is debt. And i also like what the article is all about that debt came before fiat money itself due to bartering in the century.