Book Review: Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber

I don’t know how to start the review. There’s so much I want to say, but I fear I have nothing coherent to tell. I could just leave the review to two statements: ‘wow’ and ‘that this is something everyone should read.’ But I want to babble on, so bear with me. Okay, the gist of the story is that David Graeber argues debt to be a cornerstone of our economy and civilizations for a long time. Of course, it’s up to debate what kind of cornerstone it has been. Good or bad? Even so, it has been an int...