[thundergolfer]

> It seems to be “capitalism bad” but that may be too kind to the book’s coherence.

have you read the book? The book is an exploration, and an interrogation, with so much to learn from that to say that about it seems pretty philistinic.

Maybe you were just summing up the review you linked from Noah Smith. I read most of it, it's a bit meh but Noah doesn't really seem to be trying too much in it. This though: "leftist mood affiliation". That's cheap 'preaching to the choir' language.

If you have a link to a more serious review I'd genuinely like to read it.

[shantly]

Shit, I remember most of the "bad stuff" in Debt predating capitalism by somewhere between centuries and millennia. Seems like a weird way to write it if its Secret Purpose was to be a long-winded hit piece on capitalism.