• Graeber is an activist, not an anarchist

PBS interviewed cultural anthropologist David Graeber, professor at the London School of Economics, in its Making Sen$e segment on Switzerland’s basic income debate and its appeal in the United States. The conversation focused on how a basic income would liberate wage slaves. Here is a snippet:

So you like this idea?

“I think it’s great. It’s an acknowledgement that nobody else has the right to tell you what you can best contribute to the world, and it’s based on a certain faith — that people want to contribute something to the world, most people do. I’m sure there are a few people who would be parasites, but most people actually want to do something; they want to feel that they have contributed something to the society around them.” Continue reading “Anthro in the news 4/28/14” →