[Reader-list] Debt: The First 5000 Years - extended interview with David Graeber

[Patrice Riemens]

(bwo Mark Breusers)

http://survivekits.com/debt-the-first-5000-years-extended-interview/

(on YouTube, 53')

David Graeber is an American anthropologist, author, and activist who
teaches at Goldsmiths, University of London. His book, Debt: The First
Five Thousand Years, is the topic of our discussion. In it, Graeber shows
how debt, and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political
debates across the world and have given rise to innumerable uprisings. He
explores the history of money and credit, and how societies have been
divided into creditors and debtors. Most Americans know too well the
unjust difference between how homeowners facing foreclosure have been
treated, versus how massive indebted banks culpable for the economic
crisis have been treated. That unequal application of justice has angered
so many Americans, that it gave rise to a nationwide, and to an extent,
worldwide movement under the banner of Occupy Wall Street. David Graeber
is considered one of the first activists credited with getting Occupy Wall
Street off the ground last year. David Graeber’s 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. On February 2, 2012, Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar interviewed
David Graeber about his book and the Occupy movement. Martina Steiner
recorded this interview.