Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI
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Book Overview A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2025A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of 2025A sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen ...
A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2025
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of 2025
A sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics.
Capitalism has long been understood as a driving force behind the biggest political, economic, and social dislocations of our time. But in this sweeping, kaleidoscopic history of the economic system that has shaped our world, the Pulitzer Prize finalist John Cassidy adopts a bold new approach: he examines global capitalism through the eyes of its critics.
From the English Luddites, who rebelled against early factory automation, to communists in Germany and Russia in the early twentieth century, Latin American dependistas, the international Wages for Housework campaign of the 1970s, and the modern degrowth movement, this absorbing narrative traverses the globe. It visits with familiar names--Smith, Carlyle, Marx, Luxemburg, Keynes, Polanyi--but also focuses on many lesser-known figures, including William Thompson, the Irish proto-socialist whose work influenced Marx; Flora Tristan, the French proponent of a universal labor union; John Hobson, the original theorist of imperialism; J.C. Kumarappa, the Indian exponent of Gandhian economics; Eric Williams, the Trinidadian author of a famous thesis on slavery and capitalism; and Joan Robinson, the Cambridge economist and critic of the Cold War.
Blending rich biography, panoramic history, and lively exploration of economic theories, Capitalism and Its Critics tells an expansive story that illuminates the deep roots of many of the most urgent issues we face today, from widening inequality and the ecological crisis to technological transformation and resurgent authoritarian politics.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 624 | Language: English | Publisher: FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX | ISBN: 0374601089
FormatHardcover
Pages624
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0374601089
EAN9780374601089
PublisherFARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX
Publication Date2025-05-13
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight1.92 Pounds
Length9.48 Inches
Width6.41 Inches
Height1.92 Inches
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