Deciphers the history of "Black capitalist" rhetoric-- and how it serves to enrich a minuscule few at the expense of the many In his 1970 book The Myth of Black Capitalism, Earl Ofari Hutchinson laid out a rigorous challenge to the presumption that capitalism, in any shape or form, has the potential to rectify the stark injustices endured by ......
The book demolishes standard macroeconomic theory and shows how central banks blinkered obeisance to that theory has, by making bubbles, crises, recessions and, latterly, inflation inevitable, undermined the pillars of a capitalist society.
This book explores the political, economic, social, and environmental health relations and politics of the global tech and electronics industry. Peter Little argues that, in the digital age, we need greater synthesis of political ecology, ethnography, and technocapital critique.
The irrational social system known as capitalism has, over time, led to the destruction of the environment. A possibility exists to replace capitalism with a form of rational socialism that doesn't necessitate conquering the environment.
Corporate Environmental Crime and the Crisis of Capitalism
Cleaning up Greenwash characterizes corporate environmental crime as an inevitable consequence of neoliberal markets and contemporary consumer culture and identifies that traditional criminal justice responses may be inadequate to deal with contemporary environmental harms.
The irrational social system known as capitalism has, over time, led to the destruction of the environment. A possibility exists to replace capitalism with a form of rational socialism that doesn't necessitate conquering the environment.
Growth, Finance, Jobs, and Inequality in the Digital Economy
Rapid technological change - likely to accelerate as a consequence of COVID-19 - is reshaping economies and how they grow. But change also causes disruption, creates winners and losers, and produces social stress. This book examines the challenges of digital transformation and suggests how policies can make it more productive and inclusive.
Now in its second edition, Global Capitalism and Climate Change: The Need for an Alternative World System examines anthropogenic climate change in the context of global capitalism, a political economy that emphasizes profit-making, is committed to on-going economic growth, results in massive social inequality, fosters a treadmill of production and ......