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Comment by Scott P. on “Monday Smackdown: Back to David Graeber's "Debt: the First 5000 Mistakes"”

""The principle that the seas should be a zone of peaceful trade"? "Unarmed Indian Ocean merchant...

Posted by: Scott P. | November 10, 2014 at 13:04

Comment by bane

Good times... https://twitter.com/davidgraeber David Graeber ‏@davidgraeber 1h1 hour ago Hilar...

Posted by: bane | October 29, 2015 at 08:26

Comment by John Emerson on “You Can't Have a Modern Industrial Economy If You Have to Stage a Wife-Swapping Party Everytime You Want to Buy a Blanket...”

Gintis gives Graeber four out of five stars and describes it as "engaging". His comments show tha...

Posted by: John Emerson | February 27, 2012 at 11:34

Comment by J. Bradford DeLong on “David Graeber Thinks a Positive Review--"Very Impressive… I've Recommended It… I'm Citing It... But 'Take a “Trust but Verify” Attitude… [About] the Empirical Claims"--Is a "Delegitimization Effort"”

So any sharp disagreement with any piece of the book--even a disagreement confined to chapter 12-...

Posted by: J. Bradford DeLong | April 09, 2012 at 15:39

Comment by Philip Pilkington on “David Graeber April Fools' Day Post: Cheaply Manufacturing Extended Trollage via Sub-Turing Evocations: Threat or Menace? Weblogging”

[Phillip: You are much too young to get yourself a reputation as an evidence-free bullshit artist...

Posted by: Philip Pilkington | April 02, 2013 at 05:14

Comment by John Whitesell on “Monday Smackdown: David Graeber: You Are Doing It WRONG!!”

Brad should keep it up. Graeber pulled stuff out of his backside and got away with it. While it...

Posted by: John Whitesell | November 09, 2015 at 17:29

Comment by Matt on “Gabriel Rosser Rossman on David Graeber's "Debt: The First 5000 Years"”

Well basically you'd have to question if Graeber's anthropology is accurate. His basic *theory* ...

Posted by: Matt | February 22, 2012 at 11:22

Twitterstorm delong: February 24, 2012

RT @delong BBC News - Mild drought caused Maya collapse in Mexico, Guatemala || Eco-tipping points Rnt where you think! Official statistics: Don’t lie to me, Argentina | The Economist http://economist.com/node/21548242 Is the Administra...

February 24, 2012 at 12:29 in #weblogging | Permalink | Comments (2)

You Can't Have a Modern Industrial Economy If You Have to Stage a Wife-Swapping Party Everytime You Want to Buy a Blanket...

Mark Thoma Sends Us to Daniel Davies: Too Big To Fail: The First 5000 Years — Crooked Timber: It’s also notable that actually over the years, debt (by which I mean, the commercial and mercantile kind of debt) has worked noticeably be...

February 26, 2012 at 16:49 in #economics, #politicaleconomy | Permalink | Comments (15)

Comment by Another thing on “No, Silicon Valley Did Not and Does Not Partake of the Anarchist Utopian Nature. Why Did You Imagine It Did?”

The apple anecdote is telling. It tells that Graeber fits facts to fantasy. It tells that a per...

Posted by: Another thing | April 07, 2012 at 11:55