Economic Systems

It is the division of labour along accupational lines. There are found many kinds of specialists: metalworkers,scribes,astrologers,soldiers,dancers,musicians,alchemists,prostitutes,
eunuchs and so forth.
Production of goods is everywhere followed by distribution and exchange. A gives something to B who gives a gift to A a later date. This takes place in a network of rights and obligations among kindred;one has both an obligation to give and a right to receive on certain occasions and in certain contexts. The whole process is of a mutual aid and cooperation. Exchange or circulation of goods and services take place in a sociocultural system where division of labour finds expression in specialization; the ironworker must obtain food and the horticulturalist needs iron hoe.
Exchange of goods between sociocultural systems is universal.