Name: A People's Guide to Capitalism
ISBN: 9781642591699

Who It's For

Good for readers who enjoy Politics & Social Sciences/Politics & Government/Ideologies & Doctrines/Capitalism
Good for readers interested in economics

What You Get

Themes: Economics.
Reading lane: Politics & Government and Economics.
Publisher: Haymarket Books.

About This Book

Economists regularly promote Capitalism as the greatest system ever to grace the planet. With the same breath, they implore us to leave the job of understanding the magical powers of the market to the “experts.” Despite the efforts of these mainstream commentators to convince us otherwise, many of us have begun to question why this system has produced such vast inequality and wanton disregard for its own environmental destruction. This book offers answers to exactly these qu...

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Economists regularly promote Capitalism as the greatest system ever to grace the planet. With the same breath, they implore us to leave the job of understanding the magical powers of the market to the “experts.” Despite the efforts of these mainstream commentators to convince us otherwise, many of us have begun to question why this system has produced such vast inequality and wanton disregard for its own environmental destruction. This book offers answers to exactly these questions on their own terms: in the form of a radical economic theory.