🚩 Anticapitalist Critique

Sharp-edged analyses that challenge the inevitability of capitalist systems, tracing their historical contingency and imagining alternatives beyond the market's reach.

Escape from Capitalism

by Clara E. Mattei • 2026

Rate hikes, austerity, and unemployment share one purpose: keeping workers too weak to demand more.

4.20

342

🏭 Critiques Of Capitalism 📊 Political Economy 💸 Austerity Politics ⚔️ Class Analysis 🌍 Dependency Theory

Escape from Capitalism 92%

Rate hikes, austerity, and unemployment share one purpose: keeping workers too weak to demand more.

by Clara E. Mattei 2026

4.20

342 ratings

🏭 Critiques Of Capitalism 📊 Political Economy 💸 Austerity Politics ⚔️ Class Analysis 🌍 Dependency Theory

Karl Marx

by 50Minutes • 2015

Profit is unpaid labor: Marx's case that capitalism exploits workers and is headed for collapse.

🏛️ Political Economy 🔨 Marxist Economics ⚔️ Class Struggle 🔍 Class Analysis 💸 Critique Of Capitalism

Karl Marx 92%

Profit is unpaid labor: Marx's case that capitalism exploits workers and is headed for collapse.

by 50Minutes 2015

🏛️ Political Economy 🔨 Marxist Economics ⚔️ Class Struggle 🔍 Class Analysis 💸 Critique Of Capitalism

The Acquisitive Society

by R.H. Tawney • 1920

When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.

4.09

110

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Critique Of Capitalism ✝️ Christian Socialism 📜 Moral Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice

The Acquisitive Society 92%

When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.

by R.H. Tawney 1920

4.09

110 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Critique Of Capitalism ✝️ Christian Socialism 📜 Moral Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice

A People's Guide to Capitalism

by Hadas Thier • 2018

The dirty secret of every price tag: profit comes from work that was never paid for.

4.28

1k+

🏛️ Political Economy ☭ Marxist Theory ⛓️ Labor Exploitation ✊ Class Struggle 📉 Crisis Theory

A People's Guide to Capitalism 92%

The dirty secret of every price tag: profit comes from work that was never paid for.

by Hadas Thier 2018

4.28

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ☭ Marxist Theory ⛓️ Labor Exploitation ✊ Class Struggle 📉 Crisis Theory

Bullshit Jobs

by David Graeber • 2018

Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.

4.02

35k+

🏭 Critique Of Capitalism 🏛️ Economic Anthropology 💼 Meaningful Work 🪪 Work And Identity 📋 Office Absurdity

Bullshit Jobs 92%

Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.

by David Graeber 2018

4.02

35k+ ratings

🏭 Critique Of Capitalism 🏛️ Economic Anthropology 💼 Meaningful Work 🪪 Work And Identity 📋 Office Absurdity

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto

by Slavoj Žižek • 2018

The Communist Manifesto foresaw virtual money, debt bondage, false choices. But offered no way out.

3.57

822

🔻 Marxist Theory 🧠 Critical Theory 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Late Capitalism 💰 Financialization

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto 92%

The Communist Manifesto foresaw virtual money, debt bondage, false choices. But offered no way out.

by Slavoj Žižek 2018

3.57

822 ratings

🔻 Marxist Theory 🧠 Critical Theory 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Late Capitalism 💰 Financialization

The Socialist Manifesto

by Bhaskar Sunkara • 2019

Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.

3.62

2k+

🗳️ Democratic Socialism 📚 Marxism 🏭 Labor History 🔍 Class Analysis ✊ Anti-Capitalism

The Socialist Manifesto 91%

Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.

by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019

3.62

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Democratic Socialism 📚 Marxism 🏭 Labor History 🔍 Class Analysis ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Global Civil War

by William I. Robinson • 2022

Tech giants, banks, and the military used Covid to fuse into a global surveillance order.

4.13

📊 Political Economy 🌐 Global Capitalism 📈 Marxist Economics 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 💻 Digital Capitalism

Global Civil War 91%

Tech giants, banks, and the military used Covid to fuse into a global surveillance order.

by William I. Robinson 2022

4.13

32 ratings

📊 Political Economy 🌐 Global Capitalism 📈 Marxist Economics 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 💻 Digital Capitalism

The Road to Freedom

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2024

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

3.98

857

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

The Road to Freedom 91%

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024

3.98

857 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

Trouble in Paradise

by Slavoj Žižek • 2014

Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.

3.73

1k+

🏛️ Critical Theory 👁️ Cultural Critique 🏴 Anti-Capitalism 🧠 Hegemony And Ideology ⚡ Crisis Theory

Trouble in Paradise 91%

Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.

by Slavoj Žižek 2014

3.73

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Critical Theory 👁️ Cultural Critique 🏴 Anti-Capitalism 🧠 Hegemony And Ideology ⚡ Crisis Theory

The New Human Rights Movement

by Peter Joseph • 2017

The economy is a well-oiled system of oppression. The case for rebuilding it, not fixing it.

4.33

625

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🔗 Systems Thinking 💔 Structural Violence 🤖 Technological Unemployment

The New Human Rights Movement 91%

The economy is a well-oiled system of oppression. The case for rebuilding it, not fixing it.

by Peter Joseph 2017

4.33

625 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🔗 Systems Thinking 💔 Structural Violence 🤖 Technological Unemployment

Consequences of Capitalism

by Noam Chomsky • 2020

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

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2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Consequences of Capitalism 91%

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

by Noam Chomsky 2020

4.33

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Rebel Cities

by David Harvey • 2012

Capitalism doesn't just happen in cities. It happens through them, and the rent is coming due.

3.92

2k+

🌆 Urban Capitalism 🗺️ Marxist Geography 🏛️ Political Economy ✊ Anti-Capitalism 📉 Financial Crises

Rebel Cities 91%

Capitalism doesn't just happen in cities. It happens through them, and the rent is coming due.

by David Harvey 2012

3.92

2k+ ratings

🌆 Urban Capitalism 🗺️ Marxist Geography 🏛️ Political Economy ✊ Anti-Capitalism 📉 Financial Crises

Requiem for the American Dream

by Noam Chomsky • 2017

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

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⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

Requiem for the American Dream 91%

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

by Noam Chomsky 2017

4.21

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

The Trouble with Diversity

by Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

3.59

516

🏛️ Class Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🏷️ Identity Politics 🏦 Neoliberalism Critique ⚖️ Wealth Redistribution

The Trouble with Diversity 91%

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

by Walter Benn Michaels 2006

3.59

516 ratings

🏛️ Class Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🏷️ Identity Politics 🏦 Neoliberalism Critique ⚖️ Wealth Redistribution

A Companion to Marx's Capital, Volume 1

by David Harvey • 2010

Capital, Volume 1, decoded: a guided tour through every concept, contradiction, and hidden argument.

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📈 Political Economy 📚 Marxist Theory 🔍 Capitalist Critique 🏗️ Labor Exploitation ⚔️ Class Struggle

A Companion to Marx's Capital, Volume 1 Summary

A Companion to Marx's Capital, Volume 1 91%

Capital, Volume 1, decoded: a guided tour through every concept, contradiction, and hidden argument.

by David Harvey 2010

4.26

2k+ ratings

📈 Political Economy 📚 Marxist Theory 🔍 Capitalist Critique 🏗️ Labor Exploitation ⚔️ Class Struggle

A Brief History of Neoliberalism

by David Harvey • 2005

Free markets were sold as prosperity for all. They were a strategy to restore elite power.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Neoliberal Critique ⚖️ Class Analysis 💥 Crisis Capitalism 🏦 Financialization

A Brief History of Neoliberalism Summary

A Brief History of Neoliberalism 91%

Free markets were sold as prosperity for all. They were a strategy to restore elite power.

by David Harvey 2005

4.13

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Neoliberal Critique ⚖️ Class Analysis 💥 Crisis Capitalism 🏦 Financialization

Slow Down

by Kōhei Saitō • 2020

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

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3k+

🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Slow Down 91%

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

by Kōhei Saitō 2020

3.92

3k+ ratings

🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

The End of Reality

by Jonathan Taplin • 2023

Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?

3.92

540

🏢 Tech Oligarchy 🐍 Libertarian Critique 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ₿ Crypto Critique 🧬 Transhumanism Critique

The End of Reality 91%

Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?

by Jonathan Taplin 2023

3.92

540 ratings

🏢 Tech Oligarchy 🐍 Libertarian Critique 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ₿ Crypto Critique 🧬 Transhumanism Critique

Survival of the Richest

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2022

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

3.83

3k+

💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

Survival of the Richest 91%

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2022

3.83

3k+ ratings

💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

Invisible Doctrine

by George Monbiot • 2024

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

4.37

4k+

🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Invisible Doctrine 91%

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

by George Monbiot 2024

4.37

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Monopoly Capital

by Paul A. Baran • 1966

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

4.20

276

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

Monopoly Capital 91%

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

by Paul A. Baran 1966

4.20

276 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

Capitalist Realism

by Mark Fisher • 2009

Capitalism won by making its alternatives unthinkable, and its dysfunctions feel like facts of life.

4.21

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🏭 Late Capitalism 📕 Marxist Theory 📜 End Of History 💵 Neoliberal Ideology 🏛️ Kafkaesque Bureaucracy

Capitalist Realism 91%

Capitalism won by making its alternatives unthinkable, and its dysfunctions feel like facts of life.

by Mark Fisher 2009

4.21

41k+ ratings

🏭 Late Capitalism 📕 Marxist Theory 📜 End Of History 💵 Neoliberal Ideology 🏛️ Kafkaesque Bureaucracy

Rebel Sell

by Joseph Heath • 2004

The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.

3.84

2k+

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏆 Status Competition 🔄 Counterculture Critique 🎭 Cultural Capital 🚫 Anti-Consumerism

Rebel Sell 90%

The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.

by Joseph Heath 2004

3.84

2k+ ratings

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏆 Status Competition 🔄 Counterculture Critique 🎭 Cultural Capital 🚫 Anti-Consumerism

The Society of the Spectacle

by Guy Debord • 1967

Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.

4.03

24k+

📚 Critical Theory 🎭 Situationist 🛒 Commodity Culture 📺 Media Critique 🔗 Alienation

The Society of the Spectacle 90%

Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.

by Guy Debord 1967

4.03

24k+ ratings

📚 Critical Theory 🎭 Situationist 🛒 Commodity Culture 📺 Media Critique 🔗 Alienation

Wars and Capital (Semiotext

by Éric Alliez • 2016

Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.

3.93

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📊 Political Economy ⚔️ War And Capitalism 🧬 Biopolitics 🔗 Post-Marxism

Wars and Capital (Semiotext 90%

Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.

by Éric Alliez 2016

3.93

29 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📊 Political Economy ⚔️ War And Capitalism 🧬 Biopolitics 🔗 Post-Marxism

Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista

by China Miéville • 2022

A novelist on the Communist Manifesto as a live spell and the moral case for class hatred.

3.97

1k+

🧠 Marxist Theory 📜 Communist History ⚒️ Class Struggle 🏢 Capitalist Critique 🔥 Revolutionary Thought

Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista Summary

Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista 90%

A novelist on the Communist Manifesto as a live spell and the moral case for class hatred.

by China Miéville 2022

3.97

1k+ ratings

🧠 Marxist Theory 📜 Communist History ⚒️ Class Struggle 🏢 Capitalist Critique 🔥 Revolutionary Thought

Culture Jam

by Kalle Lasn • 1999

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

3.63

2k+

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

Culture Jam 90%

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

by Kalle Lasn 1999

3.63

2k+ ratings

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

The Age of Acquiescence

by Steve Fraser • 2015

Mass movements once made America ungovernable for the rich. Now extreme inequality meets silence.

3.82

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✊ Class Conflict 💰 Wealth Inequality 👷 Labor Movements 🏢 Corporate Power 🏦 American Capitalism

The Age of Acquiescence 90%

Mass movements once made America ungovernable for the rich. Now extreme inequality meets silence.

by Steve Fraser 2015

3.82

454 ratings

✊ Class Conflict 💰 Wealth Inequality 👷 Labor Movements 🏢 Corporate Power 🏦 American Capitalism

America

by Chris Hedges • 2018

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

4.23

3k+

🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

America 90%

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

by Chris Hedges 2018

4.23

3k+ ratings

🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

The Utopia of Rules

by David Graeber • 2013

Every market reform increases paperwork. The violence, stupidity, and secret appeal of bureaucracy.

4.02

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🌍 Political Anthropology 🗄️ Bureaucratic Critique ⚡ Structural Violence 💰 Market Mythology 💡 Radical Imagination

The Utopia of Rules 90%

Every market reform increases paperwork. The violence, stupidity, and secret appeal of bureaucracy.

by David Graeber 2013

4.02

7k+ ratings

🌍 Political Anthropology 🗄️ Bureaucratic Critique ⚡ Structural Violence 💰 Market Mythology 💡 Radical Imagination

Our Lives in Their Portfolios

by Brett Christophers • 2023

The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.

4.00

303

🔑 Rentier Capitalism 📊 Financialization 🏦 Institutional Investment 🏛️ Privatization 💸 Tax Avoidance

Our Lives in Their Portfolios 90%

The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.

by Brett Christophers 2023

4.00

303 ratings

🔑 Rentier Capitalism 📊 Financialization 🏦 Institutional Investment 🏛️ Privatization 💸 Tax Avoidance

The System

by Robert B. Reich • 2020

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

4.28

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🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Money In Politics 📉 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Democratic Reform

The System 90%

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

by Robert B. Reich 2020

4.28

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Money In Politics 📉 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Democratic Reform

The Moral Economists

by Tim Rogan • 2017

Capitalism's best critics fought for its moral toll, not its material one. We lost that fight.

3.59

🏛️ Political Economy 🧠 Intellectual History 🤝 Ethical Economics ✝️ Christian Socialism 🔨 Marxist Humanism

The Moral Economists 90%

Capitalism's best critics fought for its moral toll, not its material one. We lost that fight.

by Tim Rogan 2017

3.59

41 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🧠 Intellectual History 🤝 Ethical Economics ✝️ Christian Socialism 🔨 Marxist Humanism

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism

by Bernie Sanders • 2023

The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.

4.10

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🇺🇸 American Progressivism 📉 Economic Inequality ✊ Labor Unions 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🌹 Democratic Socialism

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Summary

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism 90%

The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.

by Bernie Sanders 2023

4.10

8k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Progressivism 📉 Economic Inequality ✊ Labor Unions 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🌹 Democratic Socialism

The New Rulers of the World

by John Pilger • 2002

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

4.14

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🏴 Anti-Imperialism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📰 Media Criticism 📡 Propaganda Studies 🌐 Globalization Critique

The New Rulers of the World 90%

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

by John Pilger 2002

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏴 Anti-Imperialism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📰 Media Criticism 📡 Propaganda Studies 🌐 Globalization Critique

No Logo

by Naomi Klein • 2000

Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.

3.89

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🌐 Corporate Globalization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🏭 Labor Exploitation ✊ Anti-Globalization 🔗 Global Supply Chains

No Logo 90%

Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.

by Naomi Klein 2000

3.89

33k+ ratings

🌐 Corporate Globalization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🏭 Labor Exploitation ✊ Anti-Globalization 🔗 Global Supply Chains

A Brief History of Equality

by Thomas Piketty • 2021

Western wealth rests on slavery, colonialism, and tax havens. The repair manual exists.

3.97

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📈 Economic History 💰 Wealth Inequality 🌍 Colonial Capitalism 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏥 Welfare State

A Brief History of Equality 90%

Western wealth rests on slavery, colonialism, and tax havens. The repair manual exists.

by Thomas Piketty 2021

3.97

3k+ ratings

📈 Economic History 💰 Wealth Inequality 🌍 Colonial Capitalism 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏥 Welfare State

Limitarianism

by Ingrid Robeyns • 2023

At some point, wealth stops being earned and starts being taken. The case for an upper limit.

4.06

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💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Money In Politics ⚖️ Distributive Justice 👑 Plutocracy 🎁 Philanthropy Critique

Limitarianism 90%

At some point, wealth stops being earned and starts being taken. The case for an upper limit.

by Ingrid Robeyns 2023

4.06

2k+ ratings

💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Money In Politics ⚖️ Distributive Justice 👑 Plutocracy 🎁 Philanthropy Critique

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

by Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

4.02

149

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why We Can't Afford the Rich 90%

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

by Andrew Sayer 2014

4.02

149 ratings

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings

by Karl Marx • 2005

History is class struggle, and the bourgeoisie forged the weapons now aimed at its own throat.

3.63

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🚩 Marxism 🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Historical Materialism ⚒️ Class Struggle 🏢 State Theory

The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings Summary

The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings 90%

History is class struggle, and the bourgeoisie forged the weapons now aimed at its own throat.

by Karl Marx 2005

3.63

2k+ ratings

🚩 Marxism 🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Historical Materialism ⚒️ Class Struggle 🏢 State Theory

Marx

by Peter Singer • 1980

Why Marx's critique of capitalism still explains inequality, globalization, and the climate crisis.

3.71

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📈 Economic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 🔍 Critical Theory ⚒️ Class Struggle

Marx 90%

Why Marx's critique of capitalism still explains inequality, globalization, and the climate crisis.

by Peter Singer 1980

3.71

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📈 Economic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 🔍 Critical Theory ⚒️ Class Struggle

Capitalism Unbound

by Andrew Bernstein • 2009

Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.

4.36

🗿 Objectivism 💼 Laissez-Faire ⚖️ Moral Philosophy ✊ Individual Rights 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

Capitalism Unbound 90%

Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.

by Andrew Bernstein 2009

4.36

50 ratings

🗿 Objectivism 💼 Laissez-Faire ⚖️ Moral Philosophy ✊ Individual Rights 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?

by Robert Kuttner • 2018

Centrists killed the alternative to laissez-faire. Now the far right is rising from the corpse.

4.10

318

🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🏦 Financial Deregulation 👷 Precarious Work 🚩 Authoritarian Populism

Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? Summary

Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? 90%

Centrists killed the alternative to laissez-faire. Now the far right is rising from the corpse.

by Robert Kuttner 2018

4.10

318 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🏦 Financial Deregulation 👷 Precarious Work 🚩 Authoritarian Populism

Beyond Money

by Anitra Nelson • 2022

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

2.96

🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Beyond Money 90%

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

by Anitra Nelson 2022

2.96

24 ratings

🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Vulture Capitalism

by Grace Blakeley • 2024

The free market is a myth: the economy is planned by oligarchs and serves only them.

4.15

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Neoliberalism 🌍 Imperialism 🗳️ Economic Democracy

Vulture Capitalism 90%

The free market is a myth: the economy is planned by oligarchs and serves only them.

by Grace Blakeley 2024

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Neoliberalism 🌍 Imperialism 🗳️ Economic Democracy

The Velvet Rope Economy

by Nelson D. Schwartz • 2020

From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.

4.08

1k+

💰 Income Inequality 🏛️ Class Stratification ✨ Luxury Marketing 🎢 Experience Economy 🚧 Economic Segregation

The Velvet Rope Economy 90%

From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.

by Nelson D. Schwartz 2020

4.08

1k+ ratings

💰 Income Inequality 🏛️ Class Stratification ✨ Luxury Marketing 🎢 Experience Economy 🚧 Economic Segregation

The Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism

by Samir Amin • 2013

Monopoly capitalism's financialized phase is terminal, not a crisis. The only way out: socialism.

4.00

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Monopoly capitalism's financialized phase is terminal, not a crisis. The only way out: socialism.

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Debt inflates wealth, then crushes the real economy; the 2008 bailouts saved the wrong patient.

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In Praise of Idleness

by Bertrand Russell • 1935

Worshipping work keeps some overworked and others jobless; technology can sustain a four-hour day.

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Worshipping work keeps some overworked and others jobless; technology can sustain a four-hour day.

by Bertrand Russell 1935

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