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Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future by Paul Mason

sh00's review against another edition

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4.0

Не так уж часто я говорю о книгах с использованием выражения "продрался сквозь" - здесь же то самое выражение. Единственное, о чём надо сказать - это не вина автора, скорее, моя общая погружённость в прочие вопросы и лёгкий осенний спад активности - а до моей витаминной бомбы ещё месяц.

Собственно, это - самая ожидаемая мной книга года и она же стала определённым разочарованием. Ощущение повторения повторения. "Они собрались в старой бане, надели запонки и гетры и застучали в стену лбами, считая дни и километры". Определённо, левая Европа наметила для себя тренды и с трудом поворачивает голову в сторону.

Выкладки и исторический анализ в начале и середине книги хорошие, обращение к теории Кондратьева - прелестное, а вот статистический аппарат, натянутый на неё, лично мне показался сомнительным.

К тому же вместо обещанной панацеи в конце был дан даже не дженерик, а некий набор общих рекомендаций, да к тому же в стиле "лечить вас буду не я, а какой-нибудь другой доктор". Короче, так себе вышло, но кое-что всё же удалось для себя вынести.

saszito's review against another edition

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5.0

In Zeiten wie diesen (welche sich im übrigen auch nicht sonderlich von anderen Zeiten, insbesondere jener oft zitierten guten, alten Zeit unterscheidet), in dem sich mal wieder etwas mehr aufgeregt und besorgt wird, sind Bücher von trockener, rationaler Gegenwartsanalyse kostbare Schätze. Wenn zahlreiche glitzernde Stellvertreterkonflikte sich in den gesellschaftlichen Mittelpunkt drängen, wenn aufgebauschte Angst sich mit schwach verhohlener Besitzstandswahrung paart und auch sonst allerorten die Zwerge lange Schatten werfen, dann ist ein solch erfrischendes Buch wie das von Paul Mason genau das richtige um neue Kraft zu tanken und den Blick auf das Wesentliche zu konzentrieren.

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nickjagged's review

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4.0

Ooo boy this is a whopper. Worth reading for chapters 5 and 6, which do a great job of conveying how a nigh-infinite volume of information fundamentally alters economic models, and how this plays out with the internet as a factor in production. He says a lot in this, not all of which I agree with, but there's a really satisfying coherence to it that makes the whole thing quite enjoyable.

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Ooo boy this is a whopper. Worth reading for chapters 5 and 6, which do a great job of conveying how a nigh-infinite volume of information fundamentally alters economic models, and how this plays out with the internet as a factor in production. He says a lot in this, not all of which I agree with, but there's a really satisfying coherence to it that makes the whole thing quite enjoyable.

wall0w's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

Pretty based but could use less capitalism and more post

joliendelandsheer's review against another edition

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4.0

A very interesting read! And my first non-fiction book of the year. I do think that this was kind of hard to get through at times (especially when it became very history-heavy) but it brought up so many interesting ideas. I know I'll be thinking about this for a while.

romulus96's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Potential 

arnlas's review against another edition

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4.0

Whew finally finished it

oceanwader's review

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5.0

Outstanding. Cannot recommend highly enough.

Shall write more later.

(Have a folder marked 'Non-Fiction Keepers', which contains only six books -all exceptional, 5-star quality. Postcapitalism makes it seven.)

breadandmushrooms's review

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reflective slow-paced

2.75

johnclough's review against another edition

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3.0

Books of this sort seem ever more essential as the Western socio-economic order continues to tumble from one crisis to another without ever really recovering or taking time to reflect and improve. Mason's account is admirably ambitious and at times quite convincing. It's refreshing that he remains so optimistic in the face of such terrible and worsening odds for the continued survival of the comfortable lives we've grown accustomed to. I think I'm still in the camp of hoping but not believing in the possibility of radical positive change, though I'm certainly sympathetic with Mason's view that we need to talk about solutions equal to the problems - something that isn't happening in mainstream political discourse.