A collection of books about the failures of capitalism, globalization, neoliberal economics and austerity. Although much of the material presented here by nature focuses on modern, de-regulated capitalism and issues like the 2007-08 Financial Crisis, international trade agreements and record levels of income inequality, you’ll also find numerous volumes about the historical roots of the western, globalized plutocracy we live under today. Please note that this section only deals with the monstrous activities of the creditor class and their sycophant lackeys in public office; those wishing to explore the history and philosophy of anti-capitalist and labor movements are encourage to check out the Marxism, Anarchism & Liberation Ideology Books section.

As always, books listed after the cut line are only worth examining if you account for extreme and (in my opinion) incorrect ideological assumptions. Proceed with caution or just skip them altogether.

 

 

The Lords of Creation – Frederick Lewis Allen – Review – Margin Notes

Private Government – Elizabeth Anderson – Review – Margin Notes

The Corporation – Joel Bakan – Review – Margin Notes

The Great Financial Crisis – J. Bellamy Foster, F. Magdoff – Review – Margin Notes

The Laundromat – Jake Bernstein – Review – Margin Notes

Stolen – Grace Blakeley – Review – Margin Notes

Austerity: the History of a Dangerous Idea – Mark Blyth – Review – Margin Notes

Nomadland – Jessica Bruder – Review – Margin Notes

Moneyland – Oliver Bullough – Review – Margin Notes

The Power Broker – Robert A. Caro – Review – Margin Notes

Bad Blood – John Carreyrou – Review – Margin Notes

The Globalization of Poverty – M. Chossudovsky – Review – Margin Notes

Consequences of Capitalism – Chomsky, Waterstone – Review – Margin Notes

Rentier Capitalism – Brett Christophers – Review – Margin Notes

The Poisoned City – Anna Clark – Review – Margin Notes

Corporations Are Not People – Jeffrey Clements – Review – Margin Notes

Monopolized – David Dayen – Review – Margin Notes

Evicted – Matthew Desmond – Review – Margin Notes

Nickle and Dimed – Barbara Ehrenreich – Review – Margin Notes

The Chickenshit Club – Jesse Eisinger – Review – Margin Notes

Selling Free Enterprise – E.A. Fones-Wolf – Review – Margin Notes

Plutocrats – Chrystia Freeland – Review – Margin Notes

The Age of Inequality – Various, J. Gantz (editor) – Review – Margin Notes

Winners Take All – Anand Giridharadas – Review – Margin Notes

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory – David Graeber – Review – Margin Notes

Debt: the First 5,000 Years – David Graeber – Review – Margin Notes

Fordlandia – Greg Grandin – Review – Margin Notes

Secrets of the Temple – W. Greider – Review – Margin Notes

Twilight of the Elites – Chris Hayes – Review – Margin Notes

Capital Without Borders – Brooke Harrington – Review – Margin Notes

A Brief History of Neoliberalism – David Harvey – Review – Margin Notes

Seventeen Contradictions & the End of Capitalism – D. Harvey  – Review – Margin Notes

The Ways of the World – David Harvey – Review – Margin Notes

The Blood Bankers – James S. Henry – Review (sorta) – Margin Notes

Wall Street – Doug Henwood – Review – Margin Notes

A Game As Old As Empire – S. Hiatt (editor) – Review (Sorta) – Margin Notes

The Establishment – Owen Jones – Review – Margin Notes

The Battle for Paradise – Naomi Klein – Review – Margin Notes

Fences and Windows – Naomi Klein – Review – Margin Notes

No Logo – Naomi Klein – Review – Margin Notes

The Shock Doctrine – Naomi Klein – Review – Margin Notes

Kochland – Christopher Leonard – Review – Margin Notes

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine – M. Lewis – Review – Margin Notes

Liar’s Poker – Michael Lewis – Review – Margin Notes

Cornered – Barry C. Lynn – Review – Margin Notes

Liberty from All Masters – Barry C. Lynn – Review – Margin Notes

Jackpot – Michael Mechanic – Review – Margin Notes

The Power Elite – C. W. Mills – Review – Margin Notes

Never Let A Serious Crisis Go to Waste – Philip Mirowski – Review – Margin Notes

Down & Out in Paris & London – G. Orwell – Review – Margin Notes

The Road to Wigan Pier – George Orwell – Review – Margin Notes

Profiting Without Producing – Costas Papavitsas – Review – Margin Notes

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man – John Perkins – Review – Margin Notes

Giants: The Global Power Elite – Peter Phillips – Review – Margin Notes

Fear City – Kim Phillips-Fein – Review – Margin Notes

Capital in the 21st Century – Thomas Piketty – Review (sorta) – Margin Notes

Capital and Ideology – Thomas Piketty – Review – Margin Notes

The Great Transformation – Karl Polanyi – Review – Margin Notes

Hope & Folly – Preston, Herman, Schiller – Review – Margin Notes

Collusion – Nomi Prins – Review – Margin Notes

Treasure Islands – Nicholas Shaxon – Review – Margin Notes

Globalists – Quinn Slobodian – Review – Margin Notes

Econned – Yves Smith – Review – Margin Notes

Globalization & Its Discontents Revisited – J. E. Stiglitz – Review (sorta) – Margin Notes

Goliath – Matt Stoller – Review – Margin Notes

The Shareholder Value Myth – Lynn Stout – Review – Margin Notes

The Origins of the Urban Crisis -Thomas Sugrue – Review – Margin Notes

Griftopia – Matt Taibbi – Review – Margin Notes

Other People’s Houses – Jennifer Taub – Review – Margin Notes

Break ’em Up – Zephyr Teachout – Review – Margin Notes

Crashed – Adam Tooze – Review – Margin Notes

Adults in the Room – Yanis Varoufakis – Review – Margin Notes

Capital Is Dead. Is This Something Worse? – McKenzie Wark – Review – Margin Notes

Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens – Richard D. Wolff – PDF – Margin Notes

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism – Shoshana Zuboff – Review – Margin Notes

 

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23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism – Ha-Joon Chang – Review – Caveat Emptor

Detroit: An American Autopsy – Charlie LeDuff – Review – Caveat Emptor

East and West – Chris Patten – Review (sorta) – Caveat Emptor

Freedom Bound – Christopher Tomlins – Review – Caveat Emptor