What is this nonsense? Understanding modern capitalism

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13 participants, 13 books added

You can start and finish this challenge whenever you like!

I have a lot of books about capitalism in all its guises and a desire to get to them all, so here we go. Join me if you're interested in approaching this beefy topic with a new lens.

All books added
The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism by Clara E. Mattei

The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism

Clara E. Mattei

480 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics challenging informative medium-paced
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction business history politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Updated and Expanded) by David Graeber

Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Updated and Expanded)

David Graeber

542 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind the Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken

Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind the Food That Isn't Food

Chris van Tulleken

376 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink health science informative medium-paced
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

David Graeber

333 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction business economics politics informative reflective medium-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

158 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

558 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? by Mark Fisher

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

Mark Fisher

81 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction economics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Means and Ends: The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism in Europe and the United States by Zoe Baker

Means and Ends: The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism in Europe and the United States

Zoe Baker

488 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula by Laleh Khalili

Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula

Laleh Khalili

270 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced