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Promises, Promises: A History of Debt Episodes

  1.

    Hope

    David Graeber examines the crash of 2008 in the context of the history of debt.

  2. The International Politics of Debt

    David Graeber examines the rise of virtual money since the 1970s.

  3. The Birth of Capitalism

    David Graeber examines the influence of debt during the birth of capitalism.

  4. The Conquistadors and the Birth of the Modern World Economy

    David Graeber examines the influence of debt during the conquest of South America.

  5. The Medieval Period

    David Graeber examines debt during the medieval period, when coinage largely disappeared.

  6. The Classical World

    Anthropologist David Graeber examines debt in the Classical period.

  7. The Theology of Debt

    David Graeber considers how the world's religious texts include the language of debt.

  8. The Origin of Money

    David Graeber examines the centrality of debt to the origin of money.

  9. What is Debt?

    David Graeber asks what debt actually is. It is not as simple as one might think.

  10. The Moral Power of Debt

    Anthropologist David Graeber examines the moral power that debt holds over people.

  11. Omnibus Episode 2

    Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.

  12. Omnibus Episode 1

    Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.