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2011 Texas Book Festival: Panel on American Debt with H. W. Brands and David Graeber

H.W. Brands; David Graeber

About the Program

H.W. Brands, author of “Greenback Planet: How the Dollar Conquered the World and Threatened Civilization as We Know It,” and David Graeber, author of “Debt: The First 5,000 Years,” appeared at the Texas Book Festival in Austin to talk about their books.   

About the Authors

H.W. Brands

H.W. Brands is a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. Prof. Brands is the author of many books, including biographies of FDR, Theodore Roosevelt, Benjamin Franklin, and Andrew Jackson.   


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David Graeber

David Graeber teaches anthropology at University of London's Goldsmiths College. Prof. Graeber is the author of "Towards an Anthropological Theory of Value" and "Lost People."


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2011 Texas Book Festival: Panel on American Debt with H. W. Brands and David Graeber

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  • Tuesday, January 3rd at 1am (ET)
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