Revolts of the Debtors: From Socrates to Ibn Khaldun
by Michael Hudson Courtesy: Counterpunch ( June 27, 2016, Boston, Sri Lanka Guardian) Last week I attended a wonderful conference in the university town of Tübingen, Germany, on “Debt: The First 3500 Years,” to bring ancient historians together to discuss David Graeber’s book Debt: The First 5000 Years. I was enlightened by two papers in...