New: davidgraeberAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krhive-166405zzanhive-183959steemhive-185836hive-180932hive-150122photographyhive-183397hive-184714hive-144064hive-101145uncommonlabhive-145157hive-188619bitcoinhive-103599hive-193637hive-193186krsuccesshive-179660hive-113376TrendingNewHotLikersandrewmarkmusic (67)in economics • 6 years agoDebt by David GraeberThe left-leaning anarchist David Graeber wrote a decent history of debt. It should be noted that hackedemia disputes some of his assertions but we know academia has sold its soul to the…petrmisan (45)in bureaucracy • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Bureaucracy & Middle ManagementIn September 2013, I visited a tea factory outside Marseille that was currently being occupied by its workers. There had been a standoff with local police for over a year. What had brought things to…petrmisan (45)in davidgraeber • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Bureaucracy & Bullshit Jobs[W]hat does it say about our society that it seems to generate an extremely limited demand for talented poet-musicians, but an apparently infinite demand for specialists in corporate law? (Answer:…petrmisan (45)in bureaucracy • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Bureaucracies exist to prevent anything being accomplished(Bureaucracy and utopianism) Bureaucracies public and private appear—for whatever historical reasons—to be organized in such a way as to guarantee that a significant proportion of actors will…
