Soak the Rich - The Baffler - An exchange on capital, debt, and the future - DAVID GRAEBER, THOMAS PIKETTY - http://www.thebaffler.com/odds-an...
Oct 30, 2014
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"This exchange is from a conversation in Paris between David Graeber and Thomas Piketty, discoursing on the deep shit we’re all in and what we might do about climbing out. It was held at the École Normale Supérieure; moderated by Joseph Confavreux and Jade Lindgaard; edited by Edwy Plenel; first published by the French magazine Mediapart last October; and translated from the French for The Baffler by Donald Nicholson-Smith."
- Maitani
Very interesting. And I heartily recommend Graeber's Debt: The First 5,000 Years :)
- Eivind
Precisely: "Piketty: One of the points that I most appreciate in David Graeber’s book is the link he shows between slavery and public debt." Modern example: US student loans which can never be discharged in bankruptcy. Finance has mutated since Das Kapital.
- Adriano
Have you read Gekaufte Zeit: Die vertagte Krise des demokratischen Kapitalismus by Wolfgang Streeck, Maitani? I just read a review, and I'm intrigued.
- Eivind