David Graeber is an athropology professor, mostly known for a quite good text "Debt: the first 5000 years" - actually I am probably on the opposite side of the political ideology from Graeber and disagree quite a bit with some of his conclusions[0] but he does bring up a lot of good points and the book is a very swift read (in fact it happens to be sitting on my desk at this very moment).
[0] particularly funny was when he suggests that the erroneous historical model of the genesis of money was created to justify the academic economist's profession, while offering an anthropological counter-narrative. This could just be a major exercise in projection.
I happen to agree with a lot of what he writes in this short essay, too - especially about how Keynes' prediction has come true (although I would disagree as to what is causal).
[0] particularly funny was when he suggests that the erroneous historical model of the genesis of money was created to justify the academic economist's profession, while offering an anthropological counter-narrative. This could just be a major exercise in projection.
I happen to agree with a lot of what he writes in this short essay, too - especially about how Keynes' prediction has come true (although I would disagree as to what is causal).