Climate Change
David Graeber: If Politicians Can’t Face Climate Change, Extinction Rebellion Will
A new movement is demanding solutions. They may just be in time to save the planet. Read here
David Graeber
Economics
David Graeber: Bullshit Jobs, Direct Democracy & the End of Capitalism
James Butler is joined by David Graeber to talk through the meaning of direct democracy, the ennui at the heart of neoliberalism, and examine the relationship of political thinking to political practice. Listen here
Economics
Renegade Inc: David Graeber – Bullshit Jobs
Globally, something has gone badly wrong with our jobs. Less than 15% of people feel happy and engaged at work, while 23% of people are actively disengaged, and they’re twice as likely to suffer from […]
Economics
David Graeber – The “Yellow Vests” Show How Much the Ground Moves Under Our Feet
If one feature of any truly revolutionary moment is the complete failure of conventional categories to describe what’s happening around us, then that’s a pretty good sign we’re living in revolutionary times. David Graeber is […]
Economics
David Graeber – Bullshit Jobs
Why capitalism always will create bullshit jobs
Economics
Bullshit Jobs, A theory – by David Graeber
Book review by David Shirreff “I would like this book to be an arrow aimed at the heart of our civilisation.” So writes David Graeber in his preface to Bullshit Jobs, A Theory. David […]
Economics
David Graeber and David Wengrow: How to change the course of human history (at least, the part that’s already happened)
The story we have been telling ourselves about our origins is wrong, and perpetuates the idea of inevitable social inequality. David Graeber and David Wengrow ask why the myth of ‘agricultural revolution’ remains so persistent, […]
EU politics
David Graeber – Why are european leaders backing this brutal attack against Kurdish Afrin?
The Turkish government feels it is critical to send the message to women across the Middle East that if they rise up for their rights, let alone rise up in arms, the likely result is […]
Finance
David Graeber: We’re racing towards another private debt crisis – so why did no one see it coming?
From The New Statesman As in 2008 private debt threatens to provoke the next financial crisis in the United Kingdom. Once again the facts are being ignored by those financial instituions responsible. Read here