c/david-graeber
Lectures, interviews, and talks by David Graeber — anthropologist, anarchist, author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Bullshit Jobs, and The Dawn of Everything.
…of arguments I was developing at the time about the neoliberal free market ideology that had dominated the world since the days of Thatcher and Reagan. It was really the opposite of what it claimed to be. It was really a political project dressed up as…
…of arguments I was developing at the time about the neoliberal free market ideology that had dominated the world since the days of Thatcher and Reagan. It was really the opposite of what it claimed to be. It was really a political project dressed up as…
…of arguments I was developing at the time about the neoliberal free market ideology that had dominated the world since the days of Thatcher and Reagan. It was really the opposite of what it claimed to be. It was really a political project dressed up as…
…look, since 73, we've had a debt-centric growth through things like the increase in consumer spending that's predicated upon easy credit, with Thatcher and Reagan, this notion that we can all own our own home and so on. But growth after 1945 also is…
…been a form of capitalism which I think has always prioritized the ideological over the practical. It's all about saying, as Thatcher famously said, there's no alternative. There's only one possible way now. We've learned to do things. So I think capitalism…
…we chose that skyline for its symbolism. And we called the action Big Bang Two after Big Bang One in 1986, when Thatcher deregulated the financial markets. And it's kind of this moment at the beginning of neoliberalism. You know, we came under a lot…
…also some of the things we did right. And he said, the thing we've really accomplished over the last... 30 years since Thatcher, has been reform of the labor market. You've got great flexibility in the labor market now, and it's been quite successful. I…
…labor market. You've got great flexibility in the labor market now, and it's been quite successful. I mean, it's been a theme since Thatcher. And yeah, exactly. This is how they make it. This is what they do. It's not just about smashing the unions. It's…
…country, I think that a lot of the problem is that we have been doing anti-cut stuff for like 30 years, I mean since Thatcher got in practically, and I think it's like, it's like a habit, you know, so it's difficult you know, to be fair to people,…