In 2023, the top 1% of Canadian families controlled 24% of Canada's total net wealth.

The richest 5% controlled 40%.

The bottom 40% of Canadian households, combined, controlled 3.3% of net wealth in Canada. Many of those are in a net debt position.

A friend gave me his copy! I sometimes see Graeber at the used bookstore. If I find one I could get it and send it to you.

Thanks!

I'm incensed that this is such an entrenched problem that there's been at least three different versions of the same "breaking news" in the past decade alone.

Drew, I didn’t see this until now! Heres my answer:

"What that means, though, is that we have to be willing not only to fight for the world we believe in, but also to continue living in the world as it is in the meantime.”

It reads like philosophy, not self help.

It’s always possible, honestly. Maybe in retrospect I’ll see it that way.

For now, I’m appreciating that the core thesis is basically “hey, you are by very definition a finite being”, and there’s no solution prescribed.