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David Graeber: Debt (EBook, 2011, Melville House)

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The author shows that before there was money, there was debt. For 5,000 years humans have lived in societies divided into debtors and creditors. For 5,000 years debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates, laws and religions. The words “guilt,” “sin,” and “redemption” come from …

David Graeber: Schulden (Paperback, German language, 2012, Klett-Cotta)

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David Graeber: Debt (2014, Melville House)

Debt

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Cory Doctorow: The Internet Con (Hardcover, 2023, Verso)

The Internet Con

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When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.

The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extraction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to …