Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism (Case Anne)(Paperback)

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism (Case Anne)(Paperback)

A New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Notable Book of 2020A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearA New Statesman Book to Read From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism (Case Anne)(Pevná vazba)

New York Times BestsellerWall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceFrom economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working classLife expectancy in the United States has

Devil on the Cross (wa Thiong'o Ngugi)(Paperback / softback)

This critique of modern Kenya highlights the greed and capitalism prevalent in society. Despair drives Wariinga to leave Nairobi and seek refuge in her home town of Ilmorog. On her journey she is handed an invitation to a feast of thieves, a competition organized by the

Future of Capitalism - Facing the New Anxieties (Collier Paul)(Paperback / softback)

International Law and the Politics of History (Orford Anne)(Paperback)

As the future of international law has become a growing site of political struggle within and between powerful states, debates over the history of international law have become increasingly heated. Anne Orford explores the political stakes of these debates over international law's past and its

Creation and Anarchy: The Work of Art and the Religion of Capitalism (Agamben Giorgio)(Paperback)

Rethinking Racial Capitalism: Questions of Reproduction and Survival (Bhattacharyya Gargi)(Paperback)

A reappraisal of the history of capitalism that places techniques of racial division and expropriation at the centre of our

Four Futures: Life After Capitalism (Frase Peter)(Paperback)

Capitalism is going to end Peter Frase argues that increasing automation and a growing scarcity of resources, thanks to climate change, will bring it all tumbling down. In Four Futures, Frase imagines how this post-capitalist world might look, deploying the tools of both social science and

City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism (Krane Jim)(Paperback)

Capitalism and the Camera: Essays on Photography and Extraction (Coleman Kevin)(Paperback)

A provocative exploration of photography's relationship to capitalism, from leading theorists of visual culture. Photography was invented between the publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and Karl Marx and Frederick Engels's The Communist Manifesto. Taking the intertwined development of

Future Humanism (Rufino Anna Maria)(Paperback)

The theme of this pamphlet is the knowledge, reread in its own origins and in the transformations of the middle-global world where the deep meaning appears lost in the conscious awareness. The risks, fears and conflicts that cross the society, especially in its own virtual dimension, seem to affect

Conceptualizing Capitalism: Institutions, Evolution, Future (Hodgson Geoffrey M.)(Paperback)

A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets and private property had existed for millennia, but what other key institutions fostered capitalism's relatively recent emergence? Until now, the conceptual toolkit available to answer this question has

A Concise History of International Finance (Neal Larry)(Paperback)

Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, doubts have been raised about the future of capitalism. In this broad-ranging survey of financial capitalism from antiquity to the present, Larry Neal reveals the ways in which the financial innovations throughout history have increased trade and prosperity

Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity (Drozd Anne)(Paperback)

Blast off Discover the history of rockets and their impact on the future with Anne and Jerzy Drozd in this volume of Science Comics, the action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular

Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work (Srnicek Nick)(Paperback)

A major new manifesto for the end of capitalism Neoliberalism isn't working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite. Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life

Between Capitalism and Community (Lebowitz Michael A.)(Paperback)

Connects the Marxist construct of capitalism to systems of community In this book, Michael Lebowitz deepens the arguments he made in his award-winning, Beyond Capital.Karl Marx, in Capital, focused on capital and the capitalist class that is its embodiment. It is the endlessaccumulation of capital,

Beyond the Tape - The Life and Many Deaths of a State Pathologist (Cassidy Marie)(Paperback / softback)

Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Lenin Vladimir)(Paperback / softback)

Explains the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and

Once and Future King (White T. H.)(Paperback / softback)

The classic novel of King Arthur.A beautiful paperback edition of The Once and Future King, White's masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend.T.H. White's masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend is an abiding classic. Here all five volumes that make up the story are published together in a

A People's History of Modern Europe (Pelz William A.)(Paperback)

The origin of capitalism and modern industrialism--and, not unrelated, the birthplace of Marxism--modern Europe provided the perfect conditions for a great number of political revolutions. From the monarchical terror of the Middle Ages to the mangled Europe of the twenty-first century, A People's

Willa & Hesper (Feltman Amy)(Paperback)

For fans of What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell and The Futures by Anna Pitoniak, a soul-piercing debut that explores the intertwining of past and present, queerness, and coming of age in uncertain times. Willa's darkness enters Hesper's light late one night in Brooklyn. Theirs is a whirlwind

Stung!: On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean (Gershwin Lisa-Ann)(Paperback)

Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life growing toxicity and rising temperatures coupled with overfishing have led many marine species to the brink of collapse. And yet there is one creature that is thriving in this seasick environment: the beautiful, dangerous, and now incredibly

Dawn of the Bunny Suicides (Riley Andy)(Paperback / softback)

A brand new dawn of sadistically suicidal bunny deaths! The million-copy-selling

The Bubble and Beyond (Hudson Michael)(Paperback)

PROFESSOR MICHAEL HUDSON is one of the foremost critics of contemporary finance capitalism and the worldwide power 'the 1%' weilds because of government tax breaks and other favorable legislation. In THE BUBBLE AND BEYOND, he illuminates how the expansive and successful forces of 19th and 20th