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Debt and the Biblical Jubilee
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In this episode, Neil and Phil talk about the Levitical Jubilee (Leviticus 25), how the concept of Jubilee gets transformed in both Old and New Testaments, and the implications of Jubilee principles on how we think about ecology, debt, justice and more. Along the way they discuss ideas about debt and society by David Graeber, Louis Althusser, and more.
In "Should I really care about this?" Neil and Phil unpack the Pittsburgh Left and the its LA counterpart. What is the Pittsburgh Left you may ask? Listen in and find out!
Beers appearing in this episode:
Hitchhiker Brewing Opposite Bane IPA
Karl Strauss Brewing Red Trolley Ale
Chapters
1. Debt and the Biblical Jubilee (00:00:00)
2. What we're drinking today (00:00:30)
3. What is the Jubilee (00:01:30)
4. How does the idea of Jubilee develop? (00:08:22)
5. Debt, sin, and forgivness (00:11:50)
6. David Graeber's history of debt (00:16:19)
7. Debt in the modern world (00:19:05)
8. Louis Althusser and debt as identity (00:21:40)
9. Debtor and creditor nations (00:25:20)
10. Thinking in terms of Jubilee (00:29:14)
11. Should I really care about this? The Pittsburgh Left (00:37:00)
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