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Forget Everything You Know About Economics | Debt: The First 5,000 Years Intro

Forget everything you know about economics! Because we're starting in on a new book this week -- David Graeber's incredible Debt: The First 5,000 Years. On this channel we'll be taking this two chapters at a time over the next six weeks, feel free to read along (or read at your own pace!). In this intro lecture, we'll be covering Graeber's life, four central criticisms of mainstream economics, his anarchist philosophy, and some of the main criticisms of his work. For the full series, the 100 Great Anarchist Thinkers series, and some musings about films through a leftist lens, check out the Patreon channel over at patreon.com/champagneanarchism. A HUGE thank you to the current subscribers who help make this whole main feed book discussion free for everyone, it really means the world. Tune in next week for chapters 1 and 2! Timestamps: 0:00 This Book Will Change How You Think 1:22 Welcome to Debt: The First 5000 Years 3:09 Roadmap for this Video 5:08 How to Read This Book 6:42 Graeber’s Biography 11:02 Yale, London, and Occupy Wall Street 12:05 Forget Everything You Know About Economics 15:32 The Rational Individual Doesn't Exist 22:09 The Market Isn't Neutral and Never Has Been 26:00 Debt, Money, and Finance Also Aren't Neutral 29:09 Money Isn’t Real and Debt Rules Are Fake 33:21 Graeber's Anarchism 38:28 Critiques of the Book (and DeLong’s Unhinged Crusade) 43:56 Closing Thoughts and Next Week’s Chapters