About David Graeber
American anthropologist and anarchist activist (1961–2020), professor at the London School of Economics and a prominent figure in the Occupy Wall Street movement (credited with the slogan 'We are the 99%'). Graeber's Debt and Bullshit Jobs made him one of the most widely read radical social thinkers of his generation.
Books by David Graeber
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
A provocative anthropology of meaningless work. Graeber argues that a huge and growing share of jobs are 'bullshit' — roles their own holders secretly believe contribute nothing — and that their proliferation contradict…
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A sweeping anthropological history that overturns the standard economic story of money and debt. Graeber argues that credit and debt came long before coinage and barter, that debt has always been as much a moral and pol…
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