Politics of Debt Reading Group: Critiquing Piketty.

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When:
July 24, 2014 @ 2:30 am – 4:30 am
2014-07-24T02:30:00+00:00
2014-07-24T04:30:00+00:00
Where:
OMNI Collective
4799 Shattuck Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
USA
Contact:
Bill Rose

Here are the articles on Piketty we will read for the next class

Summary of Piketty argument:

http://boingboing.net/2014/06/24/thomas-pikettys-capital-in-t.html

Critique of Piketty:
Mainstream:
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/05/capital-eats-the-world/
Occupy (very short by Graeber):
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/30/savage-capitalism-back-radical-challenge

Plus a radio interview from Michael Hudson:
http://youtu.be/uv6kEd9C9CM

And another, optional, topical-historical take on Picketty and Capitalism:
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/24489-the-compelling-conclusion-about-capitalism-that-piketty-resists

Here is how to get to the OMNI from BART:
1) get off at the MacArthur station
2) head East towards Telegraph
3) go North up Telegraph for 4-5 blocks
4) veer left onto Shattuck
5) go 3 blocks up Shattuck to the big white and blue building on the left (4799)
6) ring the bell (top right of door)
7) Tell ’em you’re here for he Public School class

Hope to see you all there!

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