Capitalism and its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI
Two centuries of people arguing that the system was wrong, from machine-breakers to degrowth, each given a fair hearing rather than a place in a progress story.
Cassidy writes on economics for the New Yorker, and traces two centuries of argument against capitalism, taking in the Luddites, Marx, Luxemburg, Keynes, dependency theory and degrowth. Each critique is given its own terms rather than a place in a story that ends with the present arrangement being correct. Comprehensive, and clearly written.
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Tyler Cowen
John Cassidy of course is the New Yorker writer on economics. Comprehensive and clearly written, I predict this book will find its audience, and no it does not discuss Nick Land.
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