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On Friday, we will host a discussion with Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Ann Pettifor.

The topic will be Debt, Empire and the Future.

It will be streamed on our Youtube channel. Here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLAT...
Michael Hudson in Conversation with Steve Keen & Ann Pettifor
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
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This Friday!

Come along to the livestream!
davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
On Friday, we will host a discussion with Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Ann Pettifor.

The topic will be Debt, Empire and the Future.

It will be streamed on our Youtube channel. Here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLAT...
Michael Hudson in Conversation with Steve Keen & Ann Pettifor
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
www.youtube.com
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BOOK! For those interested in diving deeper into David Graeber's work.

'The Ultimate Hidden Truth Of The World,' is a collection of essays by David Graeber that was published in 2024.

The book is edited and introduced by @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social
BOOK! For those interested in diving deeper into David Graeber's work.

'The Ultimate Hidden Truth Of The World,' is a collection of essays by David Graeber that was published in 2024.

The book is edited and introduced by @nikadubrovsky
davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
Do you have any more details from the event. Was there are recording?
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tframpton.bsky.social
Found this old poster going through old files from college.

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Old timey boxing poster repurposed to announce debate/conversation between David Graeber and Michael Denning.
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"The colonized is indebted to the colonizer for being colonized."

David Graeber speaks about the brutality of Debt in history.
davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
"The colonized is indebted to the colonizer for being colonized."

David Graeber speaks about the brutality of Debt in history.
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One of the biggest Thatcherite myths is that Capitalism and a society with markets are the same thing.

David Graeber pointed out this is not historically true.
davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
On Friday, we will host a discussion with Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Ann Pettifor.

The topic will be Debt, Empire and the Future.

It will be streamed on our Youtube channel. Here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLAT...
Michael Hudson in Conversation with Steve Keen & Ann Pettifor
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
www.youtube.com
davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
One of the biggest Thatcherite myths is that Capitalism and a society with markets are the same thing.

David Graeber pointed out this is not historically true.
davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
If you have any questions that you would like ask about Debt, Empire and the Future, you can post them here on Bsky, and we will pass them on to our guests.
museumofcare.bsky.social
Livestreamed on the David Graeber Institute youtube channel, there will be a talk with our guests about Debt, Empire and the Future.

Come along and get your questions ready for the event!

October 17th.
Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Ann Pettifor
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David Graeber on the police.

From an interview he gave a few years ago with the Scottish publication called Bella Caledonia. davidgraeber.org/interviews/t...
"The police don’t actually end up spending their time 
fighting violent criminals. Instead, they enforce 
administrative regulations and endless rules. So 
rather than protecting us against violence, police 
actually bring the threat of violence into situations 
where it would have never occurred otherwise. 
Most incidents of violence —domestic violence, 
a drunken brawl, or gang fights— the police don’t 
get involved. On the other hand, try driving down 
the street with no license plates: how long will it 
be before you are surrounded by people with weapons."

  - David Graeber
davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
David Graeber on the police.

From an interview he gave a few years ago with the Scottish publication called Bella Caledonia. davidgraeber.org/interviews/t...
"The police don’t actually end up spending their time 
fighting violent criminals. Instead, they enforce 
administrative regulations and endless rules. So 
rather than protecting us against violence, police 
actually bring the threat of violence into situations 
where it would have never occurred otherwise. 
Most incidents of violence —domestic violence, 
a drunken brawl, or gang fights— the police don’t 
get involved. On the other hand, try driving down 
the street with no license plates: how long will it 
be before you are surrounded by people with weapons."

  - David Graeber
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One of David Graeber's most interesting pieces was from 2013 called - 'A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse.'

Here is an extract.
"What would happen if we stopped acting as if the primordial 
form of work is laboring at a production line, or wheat field, 
or iron foundry, or even in an office cubicle, and instead 
started from a mother, a teacher, or a caregiver? 
.
We might be forced to conclude that the real business of 
human life is not contributing toward something called the 
economy but the fact that we are all, and have always been, 
projects of mutual creation."
.
  - David Graeber
davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
One of David Graeber's most interesting pieces was from 2013 called - 'A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse.'

Here is an extract.
"What would happen if we stopped acting as if the primordial 
form of work is laboring at a production line, or wheat field, 
or iron foundry, or even in an office cubicle, and instead 
started from a mother, a teacher, or a caregiver? 
.
We might be forced to conclude that the real business of 
human life is not contributing toward something called the 
economy but the fact that we are all, and have always been, 
projects of mutual creation."
.
  - David Graeber
davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
Always worth stopping to think about what Noam Chomsky has to say.
“Capitalism has always 
been a system of class war, 
one in which the rich and 
powerful fight an unending 
battle to control society 
and its institutions.”
 .
  - Noam Chomsky
davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
Thanks always for your contributions on here and on Twitter.

They are interesting and give a nice addition to the debate.
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bullshitjobs.bsky.social
Most people (especially "economists") fail to understand that #basicincome does not cost us anything.

It allows us to ditch billions of economically unnecessary #bullshitjobs that are wasting most of our wealth.

#basicincome makes us wealthier. By freeing-up a ton of wealth.
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A pitch for Universal Basic Income from the book Bullshit Jobs.

Have a read.
A full Basic Income would eliminate the compulsion to work, by offering a 
reasonable standard of living to all, and then either leaving it up to each 
individual to decide whether they wished to pursue further wealth, by 
doing a paying job, or selling something, or whether they wished to do 
something else with their time. Alternately, it might open the way to 
developing better ways of distributing goods entirely. (Money is after all a 
rationing ticket, and in an ideal world, one would presumably wish to do 
as little rationing as possible.

Obviously, all this depends on the assumption that human beings don't have 
to be compelled to work, or at least, to do something that they feel is useful 
or beneficial to others. As we've seen, this is a reasonable assumption. 
Most people would prefer not to spend their days sitting around watching TV 
and the handful who really are inclined to be total parasites are not going 
to be a significant burden on society, since the total amount of work required 
to maintain people in comfort and security is not that formidable. The 
compulsive workaholics who insist on doing far more than they really have 
to would more than compensate for the occasional slackers.
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  - David Graeber