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intheflow

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9. He wrote one of the best books on debt written I've ever read.

Reply to sabrina 1 (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 16, 2014, 06:58 PM

Jan 2014

Called, crazily enough, Debt: The First 5,000 Years. Averages 4 stars on amazon.com and 4.23 stars on goodreads (over 2200 individual ratings between the two sites).

His basic premise: debt has existed since before there was money. Absolutely fascinating and puts a lot of our current mess in a truly long-term historical context.

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Rolling Jubilee: A Bailout by The People for The People. $15, 000,000 bought and disposed of! [View all] sabrina 1 Jan 2014 OP

Love it! silverweb Jan 2014 #1

This is such a good way to work the broken system to the people's favor. cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #2

I know people are aware of them, and they have received some press coverage, but sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #3

Oh yes, definitely. The more visibility they get cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #7

But sabrina, Occupy is DEAD and was a FAILURE. bvar22 Jan 2014 #4

Lol, I love that graphic Bvar. Actually I also heard that Occupy was 'dead', right here on DU. sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #8

There are DUers insisting that OWS is DEAD.... TODAY! bvar22 Jan 2014 #10

Lol, same crew, same old denial of reality. I did laugh, what else can you do? sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #13

I'm glad they've gotten their website act together. intheflow Jan 2014 #5

Yes, I saw that. Thank you for taking the trouble to click the link. sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #6

He wrote one of the best books on debt written I've ever read. intheflow Jan 2014 #9

Great book, Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2014 #11

Thanks for the information. I have not read the book obviously, but will definitely put it on my sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #12