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A People's Guide to Capitalism

An Introduction to Marxist Economics
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A People's Guide to Capitalism challenges the conventional economic wisdom that capitalism is the best system, revealing how it fosters vast inequality and environmental harm. Hadas Thier offers a radical economic theory that makes Marxist ideas accessible, encouraging readers to critically understand the market and its impacts rather than leaving it to so-called experts.
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Ideal for readers interested in economic theory, social justice, and critiques of capitalism, including activists, students, and those seeking to understand contemporary economic inequalities and environmental issues.

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A lively, accessible, and timely guide to Capitalism for those who want to understand and dismantle the world of the 1%

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    Economists regularly promote Capitalism as the greatest system ever to grace the planet. With the same breath, they implore us to leave the job of understanding the magical powers of the market to the "experts."

    Despite the efforts of these mainstream commentators to convince us otherwise, many of us have begun to question why this system has produced such vast inequality and wanton disregard for its own environmental destruction. A People's Guide to Capitalism offers answers to exactly these questions on their own terms: in the form of a radical economic theory.

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    Praised for making Marxist economics accessible to a broad audience, the book is described as urgently needed and timely. Sarah Leonard highlights its clarity in removing jargon, while Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor commends its lucid prose in explaining capitalist inequality and financial crises affecting the working class.

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    Book Details

    INFORMATION

    ISBN: 9781642591699

    Publisher: Haymarket Books

    Format: Paperback / softback

    Date Published: 24 August 2020

    Country: United States

    Imprint: Haymarket Books

    Illustration: Illustrations

    Audience: General / adult

    DIMENSIONS

    Width: 152.0mm

    Height: 228.0mm

    Weight: 250g

    Pages: 300

    About the Author

    Hadas Thier is an activist, writer, and socialist, and in her spare time, an amateur paleontologist (aka mom to a toddler).

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