“But if Smith was right, and gold and silver became money through the natural workings of the market completely independently of governments,… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“money has no essence. It's not "really" anything; therefore, its nature has always been and presumably always will be a matter of… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
The working poor are the people suffering out subprime mortgages and fatal loans and more and more of our money - you… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“As Pierre Bourdieu was later to point out in describing a similar economy of trust in contemporary Algeria: it’s quite possible to… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“What it mainly revealed was that one of the most insidious of the “hidden injuries of class” in North American society was… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“Here we come to the central question of this book: What, precisely, does it mean to say that our sense of morality… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
Money has always been a particular problem for revolutionaries and anti-capitalists. What will money look like 'after the revolution'? How will it… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
One of the fairly interesting things about money is that it makes certain things possible that wouldn't be possible otherwise - it… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“For me, this is exactly what’s so pernicious about the morality of debt: the way that financial imperatives constantly try to reduce… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“In fact this is precisely the logic on which the Bank of England—the first successful modern central bank—was originally founded. In 1694,… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
I came to the conclusion that most people in America would really like to be able to get a job where they… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
The difference between capitalism and feudalism is that under capitalism, they make money directly through wages, manufacturing, and commerce and under feudalism,… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
It affects every aspect of our lives, is often said to be the root of all evil, and the analysis of the… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
People don't have an ongoing relation unless it's a form of debt because everything is an exchange, so ongoing relationships are incomplete exchanges, and… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
I would like, then, to end by putting in a good word for the non-industrious poor. At least they aren’t hurting anyone. Insofar as… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“But if Smith was right, and gold and silver became money through the natural workings of the market completely independently of governments, then wouldn't… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“A revolution on a world scale will take a very long time. But it is also possible to recognize that it is already starting… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“money has no essence. It's not "really" anything; therefore, its nature has always been and presumably always will be a matter of political contention.” — David Graeber Copy Share Image
We don't live in a capitalist totality. Capitalism couldn't survive as a totality anyway. We live in this complex system and we already live… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
The working poor are the people suffering out subprime mortgages and fatal loans and more and more of our money - you know, capitalism… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“Solitary pleasures will always exist, but for most human beings, the most pleasurable activities almost always involve sharing something: music, food, liquor, drugs, gossip,… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“The criminalization of debt, then, was the criminalization of the very basis of human society. It cannot be overemphasized that in a small community,… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
If you imagine that everything is an exchange, then we're supposed to just transact and walk away. If we haven't walked away and we… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
