Quote Originally Posted by slapout9 View Post
Really,really,really good article on the history of what is debt. Also links the debt crises to wars/rebellions/revolutions/etc. through history. The man calls himself a Economic Anthropologist....never met one of them.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/...d-graeber.html
Well I’ll be, a link to something by David Graeber at the SWC! Sidney Mintz and Eric Wolf might also be of interest. Mintz’s Sweetness and power is one of my personal favorites.

Regarding Fannie Mae, there was a very good interview on Fresh Air a few months ago.