picture from my conversations with great minds i'm joined by anthropology professor and author dr david graves discuss his latest book which makes the connection between human history and our current obsession with death and new job numbers are out today with our economy adding a grand total of net zero jobs last month so as president obama to blame for that on existing job growth or is this the result of republicans sabotaging job creation here in the united states. for tonight's conversations with great minds i'm joined by dr david gruber dr graber teaches anthropology at goldsmiths university of london and has written a half dozen books that examined issues of culture politics economics and history and is a regular contributor to some of the country's leading magazines and our prayers the nation and the new left review in two thousand and six he delivered the melon kosky memorial lecture at the london school of economics an annual talk that honors outstanding anthropologists who have fundamentally shaped the study of culture and this past spring he was honored by the anthropology department