Sonali Kolhatkar, Martina Steiner, Uprising.com; David Graeber; Wisdom Quarterly
(Uprising Radio) David Graeber is an American
anthropologist, who teaches at Goldsmiths
University of London. He is the author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years and a founding activist in the Occupy Movement.
David Graeber shows how debt (in many languages a word translated into "sin" or "guilt") and debt-forgiveness have been at the center of political debates across the
world.
They have given rise to innumerable uprisings. He explores the
history of money and credit and how societies have been divided into
creditors and debtors.
Debt: The First 5000 Years
Most Americans know all too well the unjust difference between how
homeowners facing foreclosure are treated versus how massive
indebted banks responsible for the economic crisis have been treated.
That
unequal application of justice has angered so many Americans that it
gave rise to Occupy, a worldwide movement under
the banner of disrupting capitalism-as-usual by occupying Wall Street. He is considered one of the
first activists credited with getting #OWS off the ground.
His earlier books include Towards and Anthropological
Theory of Value, Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in
Madagascar, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology, and more. He also
writes for Harper’s, The Nation, and The New Left Review.
Thought for the Day
“As it turns out, we don’t 'all' have to pay our debts. Only some of
us do. Nothing would be more important than to wipe the slate clean for
everyone, mark a break with our accustomed morality, and start again” -
David Graeber.
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