A Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2025A sweeping history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest criticsAt a time when we are faced with fundamental questions about the sustainability and morality of the economic system, Capitalism and Its Critics provides a kaleidoscopic history of global capitalism, from colonialism and the Industrial Revolution to the ecological crisis and artificial intelligence.John Cassidy adopts a bold new approach he tells the story through the eyes of the systems critics. From eighteenthcentury weavers who rebelled against early factory automation to Eric Williamss paradigmchanging work on slavery and capitalism, to the Latin American dependistas, the international Wages for Housework campaign of the 1970s, and the modern degrowth movement, this absorbing narrative traverses the globe. It looks at familiar figures Smith, Marx, Luxemburg, Keynes, Polanyi from a fresh perspective, but also focuses on many less familiar, including William Thompson, the Irish protosocialist whose work influenced Marx Flora Tristan, the French proponent of a universal labour union John Hobson, the original theorist of imperialism and J. C. Kumarappa, the Indian exponent of Gandhian economics.Blending biography, panoramic history, and lively exploration of economic theories, Capitalism and Its Critics illuminates the deep roots of many of the most urgent issues of our time.

Binding: Hardback;320 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGH; Weight: 1156 g; Dimensions: 240 x 155 x 35

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