Books to help you understand capitalism

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

Anne Case,Angus Deaton

The flaws in capitalism that are fatal for America’s working class In America today, deaths of despair - from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism - are on the rise among…

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How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century

Erik Olin Wright

What is wrong with capitalism, and how can we change it?

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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Professor Shoshana Zuboff

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a deeply-reasoned examination of the threat of unprecedented power free from democratic oversight.

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Debt: The First 5000 Years

David Graeber

Anthropologist David Graeber shows readers that for more than 5000 years, since the beginning of agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods. He also…

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Just Money

Royce Kurmelovs

From award-winning journalist Royce Kurmelovs comes a brilliantly illuminating exploration of how Australians became some of the most indebted people in the world.

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

The main driver of inequality–returns on capital that exceed the rate of economic growth–is again threatening to generate extreme discontent and undermine democratic values. Thomas Piketty’s findings in this ambitious…

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