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David Graeber, influential in Occupy Wall Street, dies at 59

David Graeber, who helped organize the Occupy Wall Street movement, has died in Venice, his agent said. He was 59.

A professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics, Graeber studied anarchism and anti-capitalist movements, and challenged the world to respond to the plight of Kurds in the Middle East.

His 2011 book “Debt: The First 5,000 Years” was an anti-capitalist analysis that struck a chord with many readers in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Graeber's rigorous, readable radicalism was showcased again in the 2018 book “Bullshit Jobs: A Theory.”...

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/david-graeber-influential-occupy-wall-street-dies-59-72798922

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Changing the conversation: The Big Problems, Davos Edition

From BusinessInsider, a graph of Top 5 Global Risks in Terms of Likelihood as identified by the Davos conference from 2007 - 2013.

BI focuses on How Occupy Wall Street Won In One Chart in identifying income inequality as the leading risk for the past four years running, and yes, absolutely, Occupy has changed the debate.

I still see this as missing the bigger problems....

Continued at the dreddit

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