#68 Cory Doctorow: Digital Rights, Surveillance Capitalism & Interoperable Socks

Patricia and Christian talk to author and digital rights advocate Cory Doctorow about his new book, Attack Surface, and where his work intersects with economics, and also about the importance of the work of David Graeber.

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Support Cory’s “Attack Surface” Audiobook Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/attack-surface-audiobook-for-the-third-little-brother-book

Cory’s podcast, with a big excerpt from “Attack Surface” and a continuing series of “Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town” read by Cory: http://feeds.feedburner.com/doctorow_podcast

Cory’s Daily Blog: https://pluralistic.net

All our episodes with Cory: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41970049

For an intro to MMT, listen to our first three episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41742417

Bill Mitchell on the Job Guarantee: http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=40464 , http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=3737

Our Job Guarantee episodes:

Ep 4 with Fadhel Kaboub: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41742701

Ep 47 with Pavlina Tcherneva: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36034543

Pavlina Tcherneva’s excellent Job Guarantee FAQ: http://pavlina-tcherneva.net/job-guarantee-faq/

Read about opposition to the NHS at the planning stage: 

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/the-birth-of-the-nhs-856091.html

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/alevelstudies/origins-nhs.htm

Read about The Philip Cross affair: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2018/05/the-philip-cross-affair/

Transcript for opening monologue: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42042235