Gillian Tett (Financial Times) interviewed by Ezra Klein, just plugged David Graeber's "Debt"

(And in case you're curious, yes I am in fact binging Klein today. He's good, but ye gads do I have to brace myself for political commentary. Given his podcast's slipping further behind the NYT paywall, where episodes are unpublished after a couple of weeks, this means having to store a large number of long, large, space-consuming episodes until I can stand to hear them. And am done hearing them (they're usually worth a 2nd listen, at least).)

#GillianTett #DavidGraeber #DebtTheFirst5000Years #EzraKlein

I’m not usually one for reading nonfiction but I just started Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber and I’m already loving it.

#DebtTheFirst5000years #DavidGraeber

Money must first and foremost be viewed as a tool for increasing well-being and reducing suffering. If it is used for anything else, or worse, as an end in itself, the outcomes quickly become monstrous.

Why yes I did just start reading #DebtTheFirst5000years , why do you ask?