50 Books like Reconstructing Karl Polanyi

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 97%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Main Currents Of Marxism

by Leszek Kołakowski • 2005

Marxism's own contradictions made authoritarianism inevitable, not an aberration.

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455

📖 Intellectual History ⚒️ Marxist Theory 🔍 Critique Of Ideology 🚩 Party Vanguardism 🏭 Historical Materialism

Main Currents Of Marxism 96%

Marxism's own contradictions made authoritarianism inevitable, not an aberration.

by Leszek Kołakowski 2005

4.25

455 ratings

📖 Intellectual History ⚒️ Marxist Theory 🔍 Critique Of Ideology 🚩 Party Vanguardism 🏭 Historical Materialism

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

by Joseph A. Schumpeter • 1942

The real threat to capitalism isn't failure. It's its own spectacular success.

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🏛️ Economic History 🗳️ Political Theory 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 👥 Class Analysis 🚩 Socialism

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Summary

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy 96%

The real threat to capitalism isn't failure. It's its own spectacular success.

by Joseph A. Schumpeter 1942

3.99

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🏛️ Economic History 🗳️ Political Theory 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 👥 Class Analysis 🚩 Socialism

Studies in the Development of Capitalism

by Maurice Dobb • 2007

Capitalism was born when peasants lost their land and had nothing left to sell but their own labor.

3.85

📈 Economic History 📊 Marxist Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Class Analysis 📜 Historical Materialism

Studies in the Development of Capitalism Summary

Studies in the Development of Capitalism 96%

Capitalism was born when peasants lost their land and had nothing left to sell but their own labor.

by Maurice Dobb 2007

3.85

62 ratings

📈 Economic History 📊 Marxist Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Class Analysis 📜 Historical Materialism

How to Change the World

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 2011

The regimes that claimed Marx fell. After 2008, his analysis of capitalism became inescapable again.

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📜 Marxist Theory 📖 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Theory 🏭 Capitalism Critique ⛏️ Historical Materialism

How to Change the World 96%

The regimes that claimed Marx fell. After 2008, his analysis of capitalism became inescapable again.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 2011

3.88

988 ratings

📜 Marxist Theory 📖 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Theory 🏭 Capitalism Critique ⛏️ Historical Materialism

Karl Marx

by 50Minutes • 2015

Profit is unpaid labor: Marx's case that capitalism exploits workers and is headed for collapse.

🏛️ Political Economy 🔨 Marxist Economics ⚔️ Class Struggle 🔍 Class Analysis 💸 Critique Of Capitalism

Karl Marx 96%

Profit is unpaid labor: Marx's case that capitalism exploits workers and is headed for collapse.

by 50Minutes 2015

🏛️ Political Economy 🔨 Marxist Economics ⚔️ Class Struggle 🔍 Class Analysis 💸 Critique Of Capitalism

The Worldly Philosophers

by Robert L. Heilbroner • 1953

Why capitalism's greatest thinkers were also its sharpest critics, from Smith to Schumpeter.

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📜 History Of Economic Thought 📈 Economic Theory 🏛️ Political Economy 🧠 Intellectual History 🏭 Economic History

The Worldly Philosophers 96%

Why capitalism's greatest thinkers were also its sharpest critics, from Smith to Schumpeter.

by Robert L. Heilbroner 1953

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9k+ ratings

📜 History Of Economic Thought 📈 Economic Theory 🏛️ Political Economy 🧠 Intellectual History 🏭 Economic History

A People's Guide to Capitalism

by Hadas Thier • 2018

The dirty secret of every price tag: profit comes from work that was never paid for.

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🏛️ Political Economy ☭ Marxist Theory ⛓️ Labor Exploitation ✊ Class Struggle 📉 Crisis Theory

A People's Guide to Capitalism 96%

The dirty secret of every price tag: profit comes from work that was never paid for.

by Hadas Thier 2018

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🏛️ Political Economy ☭ Marxist Theory ⛓️ Labor Exploitation ✊ Class Struggle 📉 Crisis Theory

The Socialist Manifesto

by Bhaskar Sunkara • 2019

Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.

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🗳️ Democratic Socialism 📚 Marxism 🏭 Labor History 🔍 Class Analysis ✊ Anti-Capitalism

The Socialist Manifesto 95%

Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.

by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019

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🗳️ Democratic Socialism 📚 Marxism 🏭 Labor History 🔍 Class Analysis ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Socialism

by Friedrich Engels • 1880

Socialism is not a dream: it is the scientific endpoint of capitalism's own contradictions.

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🏛️ Political Theory ☭ Marxism ✊ Socialist Thought 🏗️ Materialist History 🔄 Dialectical Thinking

Socialism 95%

Socialism is not a dream: it is the scientific endpoint of capitalism's own contradictions.

by Friedrich Engels 1880

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🏛️ Political Theory ☭ Marxism ✊ Socialist Thought 🏗️ Materialist History 🔄 Dialectical Thinking

Grundrisse

by Karl Marx • 1857

Labor creates all value. Capital extracts it. The system is engineered to self-destruct.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Marxian Economics 🔍 Ideology Critique 💥 Capitalist Crisis ⚔️ Class Struggle

Grundrisse 95%

Labor creates all value. Capital extracts it. The system is engineered to self-destruct.

by Karl Marx 1857

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Marxian Economics 🔍 Ideology Critique 💥 Capitalist Crisis ⚔️ Class Struggle

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto

by Slavoj Žižek • 2018

The Communist Manifesto foresaw virtual money, debt bondage, false choices. But offered no way out.

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🔻 Marxist Theory 🧠 Critical Theory 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Late Capitalism 💰 Financialization

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto 95%

The Communist Manifesto foresaw virtual money, debt bondage, false choices. But offered no way out.

by Slavoj Žižek 2018

3.57

822 ratings

🔻 Marxist Theory 🧠 Critical Theory 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Late Capitalism 💰 Financialization

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2013

Capitalism began when grain storage created money and debt. Its crisis is written into that origin.

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🧐 Political Economy 🏛️ History Of Capitalism ⚖️ Market Society Critique 💸 Debt And Money Creation 🤖 Automation And Work

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Summary

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy 95%

Capitalism began when grain storage created money and debt. Its crisis is written into that origin.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2013

4.13

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🧐 Political Economy 🏛️ History Of Capitalism ⚖️ Market Society Critique 💸 Debt And Money Creation 🤖 Automation And Work

The Big Three in Economics

by Mark Skousen • 2007

Smith, Marx, and Keynes built three rival blueprints for capitalism. The argument never ended.

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📜 Economic Thought 💡 Intellectual History ⚖️ Classical Economics 🔓 Free Markets 🏦 Government Intervention

The Big Three in Economics 94%

Smith, Marx, and Keynes built three rival blueprints for capitalism. The argument never ended.

by Mark Skousen 2007

3.59

863 ratings

📜 Economic Thought 💡 Intellectual History ⚖️ Classical Economics 🔓 Free Markets 🏦 Government Intervention

Technofeudalism

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2023

Capitalism died. Now platforms are private fiefdoms, and your everyday activity is unpaid labor.

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🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Digital Economy 👁️ Surveillance Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

Technofeudalism 94%

Capitalism died. Now platforms are private fiefdoms, and your everyday activity is unpaid labor.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2023

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🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Digital Economy 👁️ Surveillance Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

New Ideas from Dead Economists

by Todd G. Buchholz • 1989

Trade wars, tax cuts, and inflation panics are arguments long-dead thinkers already had, and won.

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📖 Economic Thought 🎓 Economics Primers 🏛️ Classical Economics 🌀 Keynesian Economics 🗳️ Public Choice

New Ideas from Dead Economists 94%

Trade wars, tax cuts, and inflation panics are arguments long-dead thinkers already had, and won.

by Todd G. Buchholz 1989

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📖 Economic Thought 🎓 Economics Primers 🏛️ Classical Economics 🌀 Keynesian Economics 🗳️ Public Choice

The Communist Manifesto

by Karl Marx • 1848

History is class war. Capitalism narrowed the fight to two sides, and one is learning the rules.

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⚔️ Class Struggle 📊 Political Economy 📜 Historical Materialism 🔴 Revolutionary Theory 🏭 Labor And Capital

The Communist Manifesto 94%

History is class war. Capitalism narrowed the fight to two sides, and one is learning the rules.

by Karl Marx 1848

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⚔️ Class Struggle 📊 Political Economy 📜 Historical Materialism 🔴 Revolutionary Theory 🏭 Labor And Capital

Socialism Betrayed

by Roger Keeran • 2004

The Soviet collapse wasn't inevitable: a pro-market faction inside the Party dismantled it.

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🏛️ Soviet History 📖 Marxist Historiography 🔨 Class Analysis 🕶️ Shadow Economies 🏢 One-Party State

Socialism Betrayed 94%

The Soviet collapse wasn't inevitable: a pro-market faction inside the Party dismantled it.

by Roger Keeran 2004

4.37

545 ratings

🏛️ Soviet History 📖 Marxist Historiography 🔨 Class Analysis 🕶️ Shadow Economies 🏢 One-Party State

Understanding Socialism

by Richard D. Wolff • 2019

The USSR and China were state capitalism, not socialism. The real thing starts with worker co-ops.

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🏛️ Democratic Socialism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 📊 Political Economy 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏭 Post-Capitalism

Understanding Socialism 94%

The USSR and China were state capitalism, not socialism. The real thing starts with worker co-ops.

by Richard D. Wolff 2019

4.01

673 ratings

🏛️ Democratic Socialism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 📊 Political Economy 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏭 Post-Capitalism

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1975

After 1848, capitalism conquered the globe. Railways, gold, and free trade were its weapons.

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🏭 Economic History 🔨 Marxist History 🏗️ Industrial Capitalism 🎩 Bourgeois Society 🌍 Uneven Development

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 94%

After 1848, capitalism conquered the globe. Railways, gold, and free trade were its weapons.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1975

4.27

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🏭 Economic History 🔨 Marxist History 🏗️ Industrial Capitalism 🎩 Bourgeois Society 🌍 Uneven Development

Wars and Capital (Semiotext

by Éric Alliez • 2016

Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.

3.93

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📊 Political Economy ⚔️ War And Capitalism 🧬 Biopolitics 🔗 Post-Marxism

Wars and Capital (Semiotext 94%

Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.

by Éric Alliez 2016

3.93

29 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📊 Political Economy ⚔️ War And Capitalism 🧬 Biopolitics 🔗 Post-Marxism

Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual

by John Eckhardt • 2014

No market, no prices. No prices, no economic calculus. That's why socialism devours its own capital.

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🏫 Austrian Economics 🧮 Economic Calculation 🚫 Critique Of Socialism 👑 Consumer Sovereignty 🗽 Classical Liberalism

Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual Summary

Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual 94%

No market, no prices. No prices, no economic calculus. That's why socialism devours its own capital.

by John Eckhardt 2014

4.63

345 ratings

🏫 Austrian Economics 🧮 Economic Calculation 🚫 Critique Of Socialism 👑 Consumer Sovereignty 🗽 Classical Liberalism

The People’s Republic of Walmart

by Leigh Phillips • 2019

Big corporations already plan like socialist states. The final step is not computing but democracy.

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🧮 Economic Planning 🔴 Socialist Economics 🗳️ Democratic Planning ⚖️ Calculation Debate 🏗️ Post-Capitalism

The People’s Republic of Walmart Summary

The People’s Republic of Walmart 94%

Big corporations already plan like socialist states. The final step is not computing but democracy.

by Leigh Phillips 2019

3.88

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🧮 Economic Planning 🔴 Socialist Economics 🗳️ Democratic Planning ⚖️ Calculation Debate 🏗️ Post-Capitalism

Slow Down

by Kōhei Saitō • 2020

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

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🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Slow Down 94%

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

by Kōhei Saitō 2020

3.92

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🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Monopoly Capital

by Paul A. Baran • 1966

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

Monopoly Capital 94%

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

by Paul A. Baran 1966

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276 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

The Revolution Betrayed

by Leon Trotsky • 1937

Not socialism, not capitalism. Trotsky charts the third system the Russian Revolution produced.

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🏛️ Soviet History 📖 Marxist Theory 💰 Political Economy 🏭 State Capitalism 📋 Bureaucratic Critique

The Revolution Betrayed 94%

Not socialism, not capitalism. Trotsky charts the third system the Russian Revolution produced.

by Leon Trotsky 1937

4.09

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🏛️ Soviet History 📖 Marxist Theory 💰 Political Economy 🏭 State Capitalism 📋 Bureaucratic Critique

Democracy at Work

by Richard D. Wolff • 2012

Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.

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🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🏛️ Economic Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🛠️ Workers' Self-Management 🤝 Cooperative Economics

Democracy at Work 94%

Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.

by Richard D. Wolff 2012

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🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🏛️ Economic Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🛠️ Workers' Self-Management 🤝 Cooperative Economics

Imperialism

by Vladimir Lenin • 1917

Capitalism outgrew free competition, building monopolies that needed colonies to survive.

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🧮 Marxist Economics 🏛️ Political Economy ✊ Anti-Imperialism 🏢 Monopoly Capitalism 📊 Class Analysis

Imperialism 94%

Capitalism outgrew free competition, building monopolies that needed colonies to survive.

by Vladimir Lenin 1917

4.27

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🧮 Marxist Economics 🏛️ Political Economy ✊ Anti-Imperialism 🏢 Monopoly Capitalism 📊 Class Analysis

What Money Can't Buy

by Michael J. Sandel • 2012

When everything is up for sale, the price isn't the only thing we lose.

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🛒 Commodification 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Neoliberalism 🏟️ Public Goods ⚖️ Social Inequality

What Money Can't Buy 94%

When everything is up for sale, the price isn't the only thing we lose.

by Michael J. Sandel 2012

3.93

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🛒 Commodification 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Neoliberalism 🏟️ Public Goods ⚖️ Social Inequality

Rebel Cities

by David Harvey • 2012

Capitalism doesn't just happen in cities. It happens through them, and the rent is coming due.

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🌆 Urban Capitalism 🗺️ Marxist Geography 🏛️ Political Economy ✊ Anti-Capitalism 📉 Financial Crises

Rebel Cities 94%

Capitalism doesn't just happen in cities. It happens through them, and the rent is coming due.

by David Harvey 2012

3.92

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🌆 Urban Capitalism 🗺️ Marxist Geography 🏛️ Political Economy ✊ Anti-Capitalism 📉 Financial Crises

The End of the World As We Know It

by Immanuel Wallerstein • 1999

The modern world-system emerged in the 1500s. It will not survive this century.

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🌐 World-Systems Theory 🏛️ Historical Sociology 💰 Global Political Economy 📖 Postcolonial Critique 📉 Capitalist Crisis

The End of the World As We Know It Summary

The End of the World As We Know It 94%

The modern world-system emerged in the 1500s. It will not survive this century.

by Immanuel Wallerstein 1999

4.01

137 ratings

🌐 World-Systems Theory 🏛️ Historical Sociology 💰 Global Political Economy 📖 Postcolonial Critique 📉 Capitalist Crisis

Capitalism Unbound

by Andrew Bernstein • 2009

Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.

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🗿 Objectivism 💼 Laissez-Faire ⚖️ Moral Philosophy ✊ Individual Rights 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

Capitalism Unbound 93%

Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.

by Andrew Bernstein 2009

4.36

50 ratings

🗿 Objectivism 💼 Laissez-Faire ⚖️ Moral Philosophy ✊ Individual Rights 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

The Servile State

by Hilaire Belloc • 1912

Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Economic History 💰 Capitalism Critique 🔴 Socialism Critique 🚧 Welfare State Critique

The Servile State 93%

Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.

by Hilaire Belloc 1912

3.96

659 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Economic History 💰 Capitalism Critique 🔴 Socialism Critique 🚧 Welfare State Critique

The Shock Doctrine

by Naomi Klein • 2007

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

The Shock Doctrine 93%

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

by Naomi Klein 2007

4.30

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

Consequences of Capitalism

by Noam Chomsky • 2020

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Consequences of Capitalism 93%

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

by Noam Chomsky 2020

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🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Bullshit Jobs

by David Graeber • 2018

Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.

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🏭 Critique Of Capitalism 🏛️ Economic Anthropology 💼 Meaningful Work 🪪 Work And Identity 📋 Office Absurdity

Bullshit Jobs 93%

Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.

by David Graeber 2018

4.02

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🏭 Critique Of Capitalism 🏛️ Economic Anthropology 💼 Meaningful Work 🪪 Work And Identity 📋 Office Absurdity

After Capitalism

by David Schweickart • 2002

After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.

3.98

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⚖️ Market Socialism 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🌹 Democratic Socialism

After Capitalism 93%

After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.

by David Schweickart 2002

3.98

250 ratings

⚖️ Market Socialism 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🌹 Democratic Socialism

What Would the Great Economists Do?

by Linda Yueh • 2018

Trade wars. Stagnant pay. Slowing growth. Twelve great economists diagnosed them all, decades ago.

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📜 History Of Economic Thought 🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Trade Economics 💡 Economic Innovation 📈 Economic Growth

What Would the Great Economists Do? Summary

What Would the Great Economists Do? 93%

Trade wars. Stagnant pay. Slowing growth. Twelve great economists diagnosed them all, decades ago.

by Linda Yueh 2018

3.66

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📜 History Of Economic Thought 🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Trade Economics 💡 Economic Innovation 📈 Economic Growth

The Value of Everything

by Mariana Mazzucato • 2018

Economics lost the line between earning and extracting. A 150-year mistake now shapes every sector.

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🏛️ Political Economy 💎 Value Theory 💹 Financialization 🎰 Rent-Seeking 📊 Shareholder Capitalism

The Value of Everything 93%

Economics lost the line between earning and extracting. A 150-year mistake now shapes every sector.

by Mariana Mazzucato 2018

4.07

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🏛️ Political Economy 💎 Value Theory 💹 Financialization 🎰 Rent-Seeking 📊 Shareholder Capitalism

Invisible Doctrine

by George Monbiot • 2024

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

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🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Invisible Doctrine 93%

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

by George Monbiot 2024

4.37

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Hegemony and Socialist Strategy

by Ernesto Laclau • 1985

Consensus is a mirage. Conflict is ineradicable; any left project that forgets this fails.

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🏛️ Political Theory 📚 Post-Marxism 🗳️ Radical Democracy ⚖️ Hegemony Studies ⚔️ Agonistic Pluralism

Hegemony and Socialist Strategy 93%

Consensus is a mirage. Conflict is ineradicable; any left project that forgets this fails.

by Ernesto Laclau 1985

3.82

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🏛️ Political Theory 📚 Post-Marxism 🗳️ Radical Democracy ⚖️ Hegemony Studies ⚔️ Agonistic Pluralism

Industry and Empire

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1968

Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.

3.92

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📈 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🇬🇧 British History 🏛️ Marxist Historiography 👥 History From Below

Industry and Empire 93%

Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1968

3.92

574 ratings

📈 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🇬🇧 British History 🏛️ Marxist Historiography 👥 History From Below

Radical Markets

by Eric A. Posner • 2018

We stopped markets halfway. Finishing them means anyone can buy your house at your price.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🎛️ Market Design 🗳️ Voting Reform 🛂 Immigration Reform 📊 Data Economy

Radical Markets 93%

We stopped markets halfway. Finishing them means anyone can buy your house at your price.

by Eric A. Posner 2018

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🎛️ Market Design 🗳️ Voting Reform 🛂 Immigration Reform 📊 Data Economy

Wealth, Poverty and Politics

by Thomas Sowell • 2015

Four forces create wealth. None of them is redistribution.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🗺️ Economic Geography 🎭 Cultural Economics 📊 Income Inequality 🏥 Welfare State Critique

Wealth, Poverty and Politics 93%

Four forces create wealth. None of them is redistribution.

by Thomas Sowell 2015

4.36

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🏛️ Political Economy 🗺️ Economic Geography 🎭 Cultural Economics 📊 Income Inequality 🏥 Welfare State Critique

The Society of the Spectacle

by Guy Debord • 1967

Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.

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📚 Critical Theory 🎭 Situationist 🛒 Commodity Culture 📺 Media Critique 🔗 Alienation

The Society of the Spectacle 93%

Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.

by Guy Debord 1967

4.03

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📚 Critical Theory 🎭 Situationist 🛒 Commodity Culture 📺 Media Critique 🔗 Alienation

Money

by Yuval Noah Harari • 2018

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

3.90

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💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

Money 93%

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

by Yuval Noah Harari 2018

3.90

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💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

Contesting Democracy

by Jan-Werner Müller • 2006

It wasn't democracy versus its enemies. It was a fight over what 'democracy' actually meant.

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🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Thought 🛑 Totalitarianism 🚩 State Socialism 👊 Fascist Ideology

Contesting Democracy 93%

It wasn't democracy versus its enemies. It was a fight over what 'democracy' actually meant.

by Jan-Werner Müller 2006

4.00

159 ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Thought 🛑 Totalitarianism 🚩 State Socialism 👊 Fascist Ideology

Trouble in Paradise

by Slavoj Žižek • 2014

Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.

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