Book · 2012 · Business & Economics
Debt
The First 5,000 Years
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And I'd recommend another book which is David graber's debt the first 5,000 years which looks at what you do with debt system systems from a very long-term perspective and makes a point about the fact that debt is always about power.
What they say about it
- Discusses financial class and military2
The best things said about it
Molly, this this is the this is the point where I we we need to bring debt the first 5000 years back into this and emphasize the extent to which the financial class has always been deeply connected to the to the military...
A really a much better book that was important was also David Greyber's debt.
The anthropologist David Graeber described the consequence of one such IMF austerity program in Debt: The First 5,000 Years.
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Why people recommend it
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber is an anthropological examination of how debt systems, financial classes, and power dynamics have shaped human civilization over millennia. Jillian Tett recommended the book on The Ezra Klein Show to illustrate that debt systems are fundamentally intertwined with power and historical defaults, taking a long-term perspective on how societies manage financial obligations. On Behind the Bastards, Mia Wong repeatedly brought up the book to emphasize the deep historical connection between the financial class, militarism, and war financing, while also using Graeber's anthropological insights to analyze banking systems and shadow banking. Vicky Osterweil similarly cited the book as an important read during discussions surrounding Occupy Wall Street, and Christopher Wong referenced Graeber's work to explain the consequences of International Monetary Fund austerity programs in Madagascar. Furthermore, Andrew referenced Graeber's terminology to describe traditional human economies that prioritized interpersonal relationships over purely transactional metrics.
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Mia Wong Molly, this this is the this is the point where I we we need to bring debt the first 5000 years back into t… 3
“So, Molly, this this is the this is the point where I we we need to bring debt the first 5,000 years back into this and emphasize the extent to which the financial class has always been deeply connected to the to the military and why it's always been deeply connected to war financing.”
“Molly, this this is the this is the point where I we we need to bring debt the first 5000 years back into this and emphasize the extent to which the financial class has always been deeply connected to the to the military...”
“This is from his book Debt: The First 5,000 Years. Quote, One element, however, tends to go flagrantly missing in even the most vivid conspiracy theories about the banking system”
Jillian Tett and I'd recommend another book which is David graber's debt the first 5,000 years which looks at what you d… 1
“and I'd recommend another book which is David graber's debt the first 5,000 years which looks at what you do with debt system systems from a very long-term perspective and makes a point about the fact that debt is always about power”
Vicky Osterweil a really a much better book that was important was also David Greyber's debt. 1
“a really a much better book that was important was also David Greyber's debt.”
Christopher Wong The anthropologist David Greyber described the consequence of one such IMF austerity program in debt the fi… 1
“The anthropologist David Greyber described the consequence of one such IMF austerity program in debt the first 5,000 years.”
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“in traditional economies as David Greyel used the term in debt the first 5,000 years. You know these were economies focused on human relationships.”
