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William Davies

English political economist and sociological theorist; professor of political economy at Goldsmiths, University of London; author of The Happiness Industry and Nervous States.

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The GiftBook Marcel Mauss

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And in some ways Debt picks up where The Gift leaves off.

Five Books interview: the best books on Moral Economy

2018-09-06·fivebooks.com ↗

The New Spirit of CapitalismBook Eve Chiapello & Luc Boltanski

recommended

A lot of people have argued that The New Spirit of Capitalism is very far from a critique of capitalism.

Five Books interview: the best books on Moral Economy

2018-09-06·fivebooks.com ↗

DebtBook David Graeber

recommended

This point links us to the work of Pierre Bourdieu and to David Graeber’s Debt, which I’ll come to in a minute.

Five Books interview: the best books on Moral Economy

2018-09-06·fivebooks.com ↗

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