Ama-Gi

The ancient Sumerian word ama -gi, amar -gi or Amargi is now interpreted as "freedom " or " public debt ". Literally it can be translated with "return to mother ". This refers to the freedom that zugutekam the victims of debt bondage due to a publicly proclaimed debt. Often members of indebted families to the creditor and his family have been pledged so to speak, and could for a debt to her family, or mother to return. A similar institution is the traditional in the third book of Moses jubilee of the Israelites.

The first documented public debt was 2400 BC proclaimed by the Sumerian ruler En metena in the city-state of Lagash after his victory over Umma. The anthropologist and anarchist David Graeber, the institution of amar -gi in his book Debt: The first 5000 years in a context of social reform.

The lettering Ama -gi, in contrast, also used by some libertarians and anarcho- capitalists as a symbol of their freedom concept. In this context, it is considered the first written representation of the concept of freedom in the history of mankind. The Journal of the Hayek Society at the London School of Economics, the largest libertarian student group in England, bears the title " Ama-gi ", and the lettering is the logo of the Instituto para la Libertad Político in Peru. A typographic version of the icon ( AMAGI ) is a registered trademark of the libertarian private educational institution Liberty Fund, Inc. to market its publications.