David Graeber Quotes


I would like, then, to end by putting in a good word for the non-industrious poor. At least they aren’t hurting anyone. Insofar as the time they are taking time off from work is being spent with friends and family, enjoying and caring for those they love, they’re probably improving the world more than we acknowledge.


Citations

Graeber, David. Debt: The First 5,000 Years. Melville House, 2011, p. 393.

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David Graeber
David Graeber
  • Born: February 12, 1961
  • Died: September 2, 2020
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Activist

David Rolfe Graeber was an American anthropologist and anarchist activist. His influential work in economic anthropology, particularly his books Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011) and Bullshit Jobs (2018), and his leading role in the Occupy movement, earned him recognition as one of the foremost anthropologists and left-wing thinkers of his time.