S2E61 | Beyond Money: Understanding David Graeber's 'Debt'

It strikes me as curious how we humans carry within our everyday language the echoes of profound moral concepts. When we say "I owe you one" after a small favor, or "I am forever in your debt" following a significant act of kindness, we unconsciously invoke an ancient system of human relations that extends back to the earliest civilizations. This recognition dawned on me while reading David Graeber's monumental work "Debt: The First 5,000 Years," a book that has fundamentally altered my understanding of economics, morality, and human interconnection. Graeber, an anthropologist who approached economics with refreshing clarity and moral insight, offers us a lens through which we might reconsider notions we have long taken for granted.