THE ACT FICTION by ADAM HASLETT As he's unpacking his room, the boy hears a knock at the door and looks up to see his dad. There's something I meant to say, he says, his arms crossed over his barrel chest. Before I head off. . . . Whatever this place gives you, he said, indicating with a slow nod of the head the room, the view out the window, the campus beyond, wherever you end up, don't work for the ball-busters. READ MORE. |
BUNCOMBE Baffler contributing editor David Graeber on the magic of capitalism
When you consider that those U.S. companies that still produce commodities now devote themselves mainly to developing brands and images, you realize that American capitalism conjures value into being chiefly by convincing everyone it's there. READ MORE. |
