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Keynes was wrong | 57 comments (57 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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No time for extensive comment now, but it is really quite galling that Graeber of all people should accuse others of "obvious logical fallacies"! :D

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid on Wed Jun 4th, 2014 at 01:21:03 PM EST
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I'd certainly like a hint where you see Graeber's obvious logical fallacies. At least his book read perfectly coherent.
by generic on Wed Jun 4th, 2014 at 01:42:21 PM EST
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Are you serious? This is the guy who knows absolutely nothing about the economics of credit, despite writing a book which was actually even named "Credit"!

To boot, he was arguably the guy who willingly and knowingly destroyed the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, relegating it to eternal obscurity instead of forming the basis for a populist revolt against economic inequality.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Wed Jun 4th, 2014 at 01:46:58 PM EST
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Also, please enjoy this article, where Graeber manages to completely misunderstand the banking system, despite the article being about a "banking for dummies" release from the Bank of England...


Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid on Wed Jun 4th, 2014 at 01:50:06 PM EST
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That reads like bog standard endogenous money Post - Keynesianism if you take out the details and try to make a point.
And I remember Occupy being destroyed by synchronised DHS raids. I doubt Graeber ran those.
by generic on Wed Jun 4th, 2014 at 03:20:48 PM EST
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Um, specifics, please?

As far as I can tell, his understanding is perfectly sound.

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Wed Jun 4th, 2014 at 06:36:12 PM EST
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Everything Graeber wrote is consistent with what I learned in Perry Mehrling's Money and Banking course.  

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by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Jun 4th, 2014 at 10:24:53 PM EST
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