Anne

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Anne.

https://www.goodreads.com/beef_noodies

Debt: The First 5...
Anne is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Three Guineas
Anne is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Loading...
David Graeber
“In fact this is precisely the logic on which the Bank of England—the first successful modern central bank—was originally founded. In 1694, a consortium of English bankers made a loan of £1,200,000 to the king. In return they received a royal monopoly on the issuance of banknotes. What this meant in practice was they had the right to advance IOUs for a portion of the money the king now owed them to any inhabitant of the kingdom willing to borrow from them, or willing to deposit their own money in the bank—in effect, to circulate or "monetize" the newly created royal debt. This was a great deal for the bankers (they got to charge the king 8 percent annual interest for the original loan and simultaneously charge interest on the same money to the clients who borrowed it) , but it only worked as long as the original loan remained outstanding. To this day, this loan has never been paid back. It cannot be. If it ever were, the entire monetary system of Great Britain would cease to exist.”
David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years

David Graeber
“If history shows anything, it is that there's no better way to justify relations founded on violence, to make such relations seem moral, than by reframing them in the language of debt—above all, because it immediately makes it seem that it's the victim who's doing something wrong.”
David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years

Marlon James
“That’s what happens when you personify hopes and dreams in one person. He becomes nothing more than a literary device.”
Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings

Patti Smith
“The light poured through the windows upon his photographs and the poem of us sitting together a last time. Robert dying: creating silence. Myself, destined to live, listening closely to a silence that would take a lifetime to express.”
Patti Smith, Just Kids

Elena Ferrante
“Everything in the world was in precarious balance, pure risk, and those who didn’t agree to take the risk wasted away in a corner, without getting to know life.”
Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name

12605 Richard III — 491 members — last activity May 02, 2020 08:31AM
A group for those goodreads members and Ricardians (or not!) who would like to discuss all things Richard III. Clarification April 2017. The purpose ...more
1357 Cozy Mysteries — 24062 members — last activity 1 hour, 55 min ago
For those who love a good cozy mystery while curled up on the couch with a cup of coffee/tea/cocoa and maybe a dog/cat next to them. Please be kind ...more
year in books
Gloria
3,177 books | 23 friends

Caitlin...
3,023 books | 161 friends

Michelle
1,152 books | 53 friends

Erin
2,192 books | 212 friends

Adeline
429 books | 95 friends

Paige P...
85 books | 241 friends

Dave Main
623 books | 17 friends

Ráyn
1,005 books | 143 friends

More friends…
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Road by Cormac McCarthySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
76,218 books — 283,450 voters

More…



Polls voted on by Anne

Lists liked by Anne