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Since you mention studying the history of money, Niall Ferguson's Ascent of Money documentary is excellent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xx_5PuLIzc http://ww
by curiouslurker 13y ago
Since you mention studying the history of money, Niall Ferguson's Ascent of Money documentary is excellent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xx_5PuLIzc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xx_5PuLIzc
- lmm 13y agoI found him quite dry; Debt: The First 5000 Years was much more readable.
- evgen 13y agoUnfortunately, Debt is better labelled as fiction regardless of how readable it might be.
- lmm 13y agoI'd be interested to read a counter-case; he seemed to at least give citations.
- evgen 13y agoInterestingly enough, the endnotes and cites are often a problem for Graeber (e.g. Not supporting what he is claiming, etc.). For interesting critiques start with Tyler Cowan and Brad DeLong and work your way towards crooked timber. Graeber is trying so hard to be a Howard Zinn for the occupy generation that he misses the fact that Zinn actually did his research and knew what he was talking about, while Graeber has a "throw everything against the wall and see what sticks" approach to facts and references.