“I found myself turning into an idiot!”: David Graeber explains the life-sapping reality of bureaucratic life

Salon spoke with David Graeber to discuss 'Debt: The First 5000 Years' and his views on the bureaucratic phenomenon. Their conversation also touches on why Graeber thinks it was a mistake for the left to abandon a more thorough critique of bureaucracy, how bureaucracy can be a response to a deep-seated, psychological need, and why it is that it so often makes us both act and feel "stupid."

An Interview with David Graeber (2016) by Rachael Kiddey

In 2016, Rachael Kiddey interviewed David Graeber about the concept of ‘discovery’ and about his research.This interview between Rachael Kiddey and David Graeber was conducted in 2016 and was originally published in issue X of the ISRF Bulletin.

Anarchism, work and bureaucracy: An interview with David Graeber

‘On a deep, cultural level, people actually believe that if you don’t do something that at least mildly frustrates you, then your work is not valuable.’ Anthropologist, activist and bestselling anarchist David Graeber on the police state, bullshit jobs and why people need no telling that capitalism is bad.

ANOTHER WORLD: MICHELLE KUO TALKS WITH DAVID GRAEBER

Here, Graeber talks to Artforum editor Michelle Kuo about the uses and abuses of social and economic theory in the realm of culture—and the possibilities these disciplinary crossings may still hold for changing how we see and how we relate.

Bullshit jobs and the yoke of managerial feudalism

A brief interview around the idea of "Bullshit jobs" and its implications on the psychological well being of workers but also an analysis of the concentration of such jobs in clerical, administrative, managerial, and supervisory areas.