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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 2h

One of the knock-on benefits of Universal Basic income, would be that people would not need to waste time on forms, and could use that time for projects, growing vegetables and many many more things.

"Being poor is actually a full-time job & being
broke is like a full-time job with the amount of
paperwork and the time going from office to
office proving what you have done.

With Universal Basic Income all that would
be eliminated with the time liberated to do
something socially productive."
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 23h

Michael Hudson on private debts & the challenge of mortgage debt on real estate.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

From David Graeber's piece, 'Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!' davidgraeber.org/articles/are...

"We have not even begun to think about
what our lives could be like if technology
were really marshaled to fit human needs.

How many hours would we really need to
work in order to maintain a functional
society — that is, if we got rid of all the
useless or destructive occupations like
telemarketers, financial analysts, prison
guards, bureaucrats & politicians while
turning our best scientific minds away
from working on space weaponry or
stock market systems to mechanizing
away dangerous or annoying tasks
like resource mining or cleaning
the bathroom.”
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- David Graeber

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

David Graeber on a free society.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

At our recent talk, Michael Hudson explained why Banks lend money and the link to price inflation.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We held a talk with Kathleen Tyson and Michael Hudson about Debt, Prices and the Bond Market. You can see the full talk here on our Youtube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZxL...

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The New Financial Plumbing: Debt, Prices and the Bond Market.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In our recent talk, Kathleen Tyson explained her admiration for how China managed down a massive real estate bubble.

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Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Es tiempo de recordar la historia reciente y aprender de los aciertos y errores de experiencias previas. Y para conseguir transformar colectivamente, nada como leer a David Graeber sobre su experiencia en Occupy Wall Street hace justamente estos días 15 años. capitanswing.com/catalogo/som...

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

David Graeber wrote a piece about bullying. It was called "The Bully’s Pulpit." It is a good read if you are looking for something to read today. This is an extract from that piece. And here is the link to the full piece: davidgraeber.org/articles/the...

No one would deny, of course, that humans are flawed creatures. Just about every human language has some analogue of the English “humane” or expressions like “to treat someone like a human being,” implying that simply recognizing another creature as a fellow human entails a responsibility to treat them with a certain minimum of kindness, consideration, and respect. It is obvious, however, that nowhere do humans consistently live up to that responsibility. And when we fail, we shrug and say we’re “only human.” To be human, then, is both to have ideals and to fail to live up to them.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I’m thinking of a labor movement, but one very different than the kind we’ve already seen. A labor movement that manages to finally ditch all traces of the ideology that says that work is a value in itself, but rather redefines labor as caring for other people." - David Graeber

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Brian Eno on how Lula helped the poor, which in turn stimulated small businesses.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Brian Eno on how Lula helped the poor, which in turn stimulated small businesses.

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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good afternoon rebels...

"Nobody knows how this ends. So why the fuck are we surrendering to the worst possible ending? Despair doesn't know the future any better than hope does. Optimism isn't naïve. It's a moral imperative." - David Graeber

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Meriendismo 🍉 @meriendismo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

David Graeber would have loved this. Madrid, Puerta del Sol tonight. Madrid Housing Protest: Hundreds Pitch Tents in Puerta del Sol After Pensioner’s Eviction Sparks Outrage. I met David in OWS in 2011, with a group of Spanish "Indignados". They are occupying again. @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Despite what the Right-Wing say, high taxes on Corporations are not always bad for America.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is from, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. David Graeber wrote the piece back in 2004.

"It’s not just that anarchism does not tend to have much use for high theory. It’s that it is primarily concerned with forms of practice; it insists, before anything else, that one’s means must be consonant with one’s ends; one cannot create freedom through authoritarian means; in fact, as much as possible, one must oneself, in one’s relations with one’s friends and allies, embody the society one wishes to create."

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Meriendismo 🍉 @meriendismo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Uno mismo debe en sus relaciones con sus amigos y aliados encarnar la sociedad que desea crear" David Graeber

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A reminder that all the aspects of our economic system are made up and we can have a better system if we wanted to. Homelessness for example. We could have an economy that builds homes for homeless people. It does not have to be this way.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Whilst this system is very much not working for the majority of people, for the small minority who govern this system, it absolutely is working. So all of thethings that make us think of chaos and catastrophe and apocalypse are creating profits for those at the top." @graceblakeley.substack.com

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Politicians make excuses like "there is no money for the poor" because they do not want to admit how they have been bought. Applies to the UK, to the USA and many more nations.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Politicians make excuses like "there is no money for the poor" because they do not want to admit how they have been bought. Applies to the UK, to the USA and many more nations.

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

‘Every day I wake up’ it’s Adam Driver baybeeeeee

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Poetic Technologies: limited DIY edition created for Carnival4David We are preparing a new pamphlet about technology. At its heart is a conversation between Peter Thiel and David Graeber — a strange & very important conversation about technology, imagination and freedom museum.care/poetic-techn...

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We are preparing a new pamphlet about technology. At its heart is a conversation between Peter Thiel and David Graeber — a strange and very important

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It is often presented to us that what is good for Wall Street is good for us. David Graeber explained that this is not really true.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In a talk with held with Kathleen Tyson she explained the reality of the Housing Market.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It is often presented to us that what is good for Wall Street is good for us. David Graeber explained that this is not really true.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is a pretty funny story David Graeber explained from his book, the Democracy Project. We have all gone through 'late fees' and felt we did something wrong. Just be aware that if this happens to you again that the companies know exactly what they are doing.

I remember I once allowed a Macy’s clerk to talk me into
acquiring a Macy’s charge card, in order to buy sunglasses.

I sent in a check to pay the charge before leaving the country
for an extended trip, but apparently miscalculated by some
$2.75 when figuring the tax; when I returned a few months
later, I discovered I had something like $500 in late fees.

We’re not in the habit of calculating such numbers because
they are, even more than debts, seen as the wages of sin:
you only pay them because you did something wrong. In fact,
the entire system is now geared toward ensuring we make
such mistakes, since the entire system of corporate profits
depends on them.
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- David Graeber

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Economy at the End of the World: Michael Hudson and Kathleen Tyson discuss the Mechanics of Financial Rupture. youtu.be/ZQxFaeEG_E0

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The Economy at the End of the World:

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

GDP is not the best way to measure how well an economy is really doing - let alone measure how well a country is doing in general. Professor Michael Hudson explains more

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Carnival 2026 is coming to London! This year, it’s a Halloween edition, and our theme is Poetic Technologies. 31 October 2026 Club Silly Arch 555, 18 Valentia Pl, London SW9 8PJ 1 pm till late

As the border between worlds becomes thinner around this time of year, we invite you to cross over with us from the world of common sense into the world of nonsense.

Join us to reclaim poetic technologies and put them to work for our wildest dreams!

We’re preparing an exciting programme:

→ Creative workshops: giant cardboard sculptures, puppets, nonsensical poetry, songs for action and more

→ Thought-provoking activities: futuristic coffee-ground readings, 3D-printed musical instruments, live music jam guided by the machines

→ Performances: Stop Shopping Choir, Algorave - verses and live-coding performance

→ Carnival makeover: Enter as yourself, emerge as someone else — our dressing-up area awaits!

→ Carnival procession — join us as we take to the streets of Brixton

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Kevin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺💚 #VoteGreen #BackZack @kevbro1969.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A million percent THIS!!!!! 👇 Backed by both #Labour & #Tory govts ever since the evil #Thatcher. Nothing will ever change if we keep on voting for the establishment parties. #Reform would be worse. A vote for progressive #LeftWing parties really is our only hope.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fascism in Britain has not come from nothing. It is the result of decades of Thatcherism and then Austerity.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We need to be prepared to deal with the modern form of Fascism that now emerges.

We have to be prepared to deal with the modern form of Fascism.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 13/09/2026

Does this sound familiar? #nzpol

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

From David Graeber's book, The Utopia Of Rules.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

At some point the Parties that put in all their effort to destroy socialism and destroy any hope of a more fair society need to look in the mirror and see their role in the rise of Fascism.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

At some point the Parties that put in all their effort to destroy socialism and destroy any hope of a more fair society need to look in the mirror and see their role in the rise of Fascism.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fascism in Britain has not come from nothing. It is the result of decades of Thatcherism and then Austerity.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On the 17th September, we have our next discussion with Michael Hudson. He will be joined by Kathleen Tyson. They will discuss the economy at the end of the world.

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