New Texts

Next Wednesday – 13th of March – we will talk about financialization and other things with a guest, Agneta Cederström; a risk analyst and mathematician. Prepare by reading the following texts:

One of the best texts on medieval Europe and the development of the loan and interest rate. Short essay.

Jacques le Goff: Your Money or Your Life (1986)

A contemporary account of debt. The last chapter takes you from 1971 up til today.
David Graeber: Debt - The First 5000 Years (2011): pp. 361–

An accessible book by the Slovenian political philospher Zizek.  

Slavoj Zizek: First As Tragedy, Then As Farce (2009): pp. [nice animation: here]

If you only have time to read one text til next week, this article is the one.
Martin Wolf: Unfettered Capitalism – Financial Times 18th June 2007