💰 Capitalism Critique

Sharp-eyed analyses and narratives that interrogate the structures of profit, labor, and inequality at the heart of capitalist systems. These books ask who benefits, who suffers, and whether alternatives are possible.

The Art of Loving

by Erich Fromm • 1956

Dating advice hunts for the right person. Real love requires becoming someone who can love.

4.00

97k+

🧠 Existential Psychology 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 💭 Philosophy Of Love 🏛️ Frankfurt School 🤲 Self Compassion

The Art of Loving

Dating advice hunts for the right person. Real love requires becoming someone who can love.

by Erich Fromm 1956

4.00

97k+ ratings

🧠 Existential Psychology 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 💭 Philosophy Of Love 🏛️ Frankfurt School 🤲 Self Compassion

Money

by Yuval Noah Harari • 2018

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

3.90

3k+

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work 📊 Algorithmic Governance

Money

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

by Yuval Noah Harari 2018

3.90

3k+ ratings

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work 📊 Algorithmic Governance

Anti-Oedipus

by Gilles Deleuze • 1972

Desire isn't a lack to fill. It builds reality, and can even invest its own repression.

4.18

9k+

🌀 Post-Structuralism 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory ⛏️ Marxist Philosophy 🏛️ Political Philosophy 🌐 Social Theory

Anti-Oedipus

Desire isn't a lack to fill. It builds reality, and can even invest its own repression.

by Gilles Deleuze 1972

4.18

9k+ ratings

🌀 Post-Structuralism 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory ⛏️ Marxist Philosophy 🏛️ Political Philosophy 🌐 Social Theory

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

by Max Weber • 1904

Fear of damnation made work a sacred duty. From that anxious discipline grew modern capitalism.

3.91

15k+

🏭 Economic Sociology ⛪ Sociology Of Religion ⚙️ Rationalization Theory 🌍 Secularization Theory 🔨 Work As Identity

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Fear of damnation made work a sacred duty. From that anxious discipline grew modern capitalism.

by Max Weber 1904

3.91

15k+ ratings

🏭 Economic Sociology ⛪ Sociology Of Religion ⚙️ Rationalization Theory 🌍 Secularization Theory 🔨 Work As Identity

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller • 1961

A bombardier in wartime Italy discovers the finish line moves every time he gets close.

3.99

891k+

🎭 Absurdist War Fiction 🪖 Military Satire 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare ✊ Anti-War Protest 😈 Dark Comedy

Catch-22

A bombardier in wartime Italy discovers the finish line moves every time he gets close.

by Joseph Heller 1961

3.99

891k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist War Fiction 🪖 Military Satire 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare ✊ Anti-War Protest 😈 Dark Comedy

Breaking Bad and Philosophy

by David R. Koepsell • 2012

A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.

3.30

274

🎬 Media Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism ⚖️ Applied Ethics 🧠 Existentialism 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

Breaking Bad and Philosophy

A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.

by David R. Koepsell 2012

3.30

274 ratings

🎬 Media Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism ⚖️ Applied Ethics 🧠 Existentialism 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

The Servile State

by Hilaire Belloc • 1912

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

3.96

659

🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Economic History 🔴 Socialism Critique 🚧 Welfare State Critique 🔑 Property Rights

The Servile State

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 🔴 Socialism Critique 🚧 Welfare State Critique 🔑 Property Rights

بهترین درس های مدرسه زندگی آلن دوباتن

by The School of Life • 2012

An emotional curriculum: learn self-knowledge, navigate love, and build lasting confidence.

4.16

2k+

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🧸 Inner Child Healing 💬 Relationship Communication 💕 Practical Love 🤗 Self-Compassion

بهترین درس های مدرسه زندگی آلن دوباتن

An emotional curriculum: learn self-knowledge, navigate love, and build lasting confidence.

by The School of Life 2012

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🧸 Inner Child Healing 💬 Relationship Communication 💕 Practical Love 🤗 Self-Compassion

The Sorrows of Work

by The School of Life • 2019

Work fulfillment is nearly impossible by design. The reasons are structural, not personal.

3.84

505

🏭 Sociology Of Work 🧠 Workplace Psychology 🔍 Anti-Self-Help 🔨 Meaningful Work ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique

The Sorrows of Work

Work fulfillment is nearly impossible by design. The reasons are structural, not personal.

by The School of Life 2019

3.84

505 ratings

🏭 Sociology Of Work 🧠 Workplace Psychology 🔍 Anti-Self-Help 🔨 Meaningful Work ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique

The Making of a Permabear

by Jeremy Grantham • 2026

Markets revert and bubbles burst, but the real risk to your portfolio is the planet itself.

4.12

246

💰 Value Investing 🫧 Market Bubbles 🔄 Market Cycles 🐑 Contrarian Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Finance

The Making of a Permabear

Markets revert and bubbles burst, but the real risk to your portfolio is the planet itself.

by Jeremy Grantham 2026

4.12

246 ratings

💰 Value Investing 🫧 Market Bubbles 🔄 Market Cycles 🐑 Contrarian Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Finance

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.

3.88

988

📜 Marxist Theory 📖 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Theory ⛏️ Historical Materialism 🔥 Revolutions

How to Change the World

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 ⛏️ Historical Materialism 🔥 Revolutions

Capitalism and Modern Social Theory

by Anthony Giddens • 1971

The three founders of modern sociology agreed on the problem; their solutions still divide us.

3.91

732

📖 Sociological Theory 🏛️ Classical Sociology 🧠 Intellectual History ⚙️ Rationalization 😞 Alienation And Anomie

Capitalism and Modern Social Theory

The three founders of modern sociology agreed on the problem; their solutions still divide us.

by Anthony Giddens 1971

3.91

732 ratings

📖 Sociological Theory 🏛️ Classical Sociology 🧠 Intellectual History ⚙️ Rationalization 😞 Alienation And Anomie

Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies

by Karl Polanyi • 1971

The market system we take for granted is a 200-year anomaly, built on three dangerous fictions.

4.00

🌍 Economic Anthropology 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Non-Market Exchange 🏙️ Market Society 🏷️ Commodification

Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies

The market system we take for granted is a 200-year anomaly, built on three dangerous fictions.

by Karl Polanyi 1971

4.00

23 ratings

🌍 Economic Anthropology 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Non-Market Exchange 🏙️ Market Society 🏷️ Commodification

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