#2 A Prince, A Rockstar And Minouche Shafik Walk Into A Bar... (Ft. Prof David Graeber)
David Graeber
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Jul 19, 202631 January 2019
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A prince, a rockstar, and LSE director Minouche Shafik walk into a bar. It happened last week, at Davos. Well, we’re not sure about the bar part. Still, we wonder: what happens at Davos? Is it truly the annual meeting of neoliberals patting each other on the backs, or do we owe some of our importa
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The transcript critiques Davos and the World Economic Forum as a space where elite power, hypocrisy, and money politics intersect, while also acknowledging its role in informal diplomacy. It connects the Gilets Jaunes, Occupy, and broader anti-austerity movements to debates over taxation, inequality, direct democracy, and who really controls money and political power.
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