Just heard David Graeber, author of ‘Debt, The First 5,000 Years’ and others has died.
‘Debt’ is worth reading, the rest, maybe not.
Renowned for his biting and incisive writing about bureaucracy, politics and capitalism, Graeber was a leading figure in the Occupy Wall Street movement, and professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics (LSE) at the time of his death.
His 2011 book Debt: The First 5,000 Years, made him famous. In it, Graeber explored the violence that lies behind all social relations based on money, and called for a wiping out of sovereign and consumer debts. While it divided some critics, it also attracted strong sales and praise from everyone from Thomas Piketty to Russell Brand.
— Guardian
Deirdre McCloskey didn’t like it that was good enough for me.
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