Debt: the First 5000 Years – a new book about an old problem

From David Graeber, the author: ============= Hello, friendly strangers, I’m delighted to announce my new book…. ——————————————— DEBT: THE FIRST 5000 YEARS ——————————————— is finally, finally out! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Debt-First-5-000-Years/dp/1933633867 This is a work of scholarship, and politically engaged, but it’s also an attempt to break out of the usual academic and activist ghettoes, and I wrote [...]

Our Purpose

This blog addresses the core issues of what’s labelled as the credit crisis.  It distinguishes between economic language – knowing that economics has been created as a soft social science to camouflage what central banks and banks are doing – for private benefit rather than the public good monetary language – knowing that the currency [...]