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Erik Olin Wright

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Value

Edited by Diane Elson
This influential collection of essays focuses on the elusive concept of “value,” and aims to answer the question “Why is Marx’s theory of value so...
7 posts
Capitalism in the Web of Life

by Jason W. Moore

“Moore’s radical and rigorous work is, and richly deserves to be, agenda-setting.” – China Miéville

28 posts
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

by R. H. Tawney
A classic of political economy that traces the influence of religious thought on capitalism
5 posts
Encyclical on Capitalism and Inequality

by Pope Francis
“An urgent call to action.” – New York Times

Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else

by James Meek
How the British government packaged and sold its people to the world— winner of the Orwell Prize for Books.
26 posts
The New Prophets of Capital

by Nicole Aschoff

A deft and caustic takedown of the new prophets of profit, from Bill Gates to Oprah

12 posts
Cultural Capital

by Robert Hewison
How money, politics and managerialism turned a golden age for culture into lead
8 posts
Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste

by Philip Mirowski

After the financial apocalypse, neoliberalism rose from the dead—stronger than ever

38 posts

Utopia or Bust

by Benjamin Kunkel

“For anyone who cares about historical necessity, the crisis of capitalism, and our fate.” – Rachel Kushner

32 posts
Profiting Without Producing

by Costas Lapavitsas
Financialization is one of the most innovative concepts to emerge in the field of political economy in the last three decades, although there is no...
99 posts
The Making of Global Capitalism

by Sam Gindin and Leo Panitch
“The most important leftist book of the year, and probably the decade.”—Charles Mudede, The Stranger
37 posts
A Companion to Marx's Capital, Volume 2

by David Harvey
The definitive guide to the second volume of Capital

27 posts

Why It's Still Kicking Off Everywhere

by Paul Mason

Eyewitness reporting and shrewd analysis from the many centers of the global movement for liberation.

80 posts
The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class

by Kees Van Der Pijl

With The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class, Kees van der Pijl put class formation at the heart of our understanding of world politics and the...

2 posts
Intern Nation

by Ross Perlin
The first no-holds-barred expose of the exploitative world of internships
60 posts
Historical Capitalism

by Immanuel Wallerstein
A succinct introduction to the history of capitalism by the renowned political theorist.
16 posts

A History of Gold and Money

by Pierre Vilar
“A work of sweeping scholarship, it is impressive and welcome in English.”—The Economist
6 posts
Critique of Economic Reason

by André Gorz

“Gorz’s greatest work, and a crucial book for our time.”—Le Monde.

6 posts
Meltdown

by Paul Mason
A fully updated new edition of an acclaimed report on the global financial crisis.
95 posts
Words & Money

by André Schiffrin

A publishing luminary analyzes the crisis of the media and considers the alternatives.

20 posts

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