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🏴 Postcolonial Capitalism

Critical examinations of how colonial economic structures persist under new names, revealing the continuities between empire and contemporary global markets.
Uncommon Wealth
by Kojo Koram • 2022
Offshore finance and debt traps: empire's playbook, tested abroad, now returned to reshape Britain.
4.29
508
🏛️ British Empire🌍 Global Inequality🏦 Offshore Finance🏢 Corporate Power🔗 Neocolonialism
Uncommon Wealth Summary
Uncommon Wealth 92%
Offshore finance and debt traps: empire's playbook, tested abroad, now returned to reshape Britain.
by Kojo Koram 2022
4.29
508 ratings
🏛️ British Empire🌍 Global Inequality🏦 Offshore Finance🏢 Corporate Power🔗 Neocolonialism
Kicking Away the Ladder
by Ha-Joon Chang • 2002
Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.
4.21
1k+
🏛️ Economic History🌐 Development Economics💰 Political Economy🏭 Industrial Policy🚢 Trade Protectionism
Kicking Away the Ladder Summary
Kicking Away the Ladder 92%
Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.
by Ha-Joon Chang 2002
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🌐 Development Economics💰 Political Economy🏭 Industrial Policy🚢 Trade Protectionism
World on Fire
by Amy Chua • 2002
Markets enrich minorities; elections enrage majorities. Exporting both is a global powder keg.
3.82
1k+
🌋 Ethnic Conflict🏛️ Political Economy💸 Wealth Inequality📊 Free Market Critique🌍 Post-Colonialism
World on Fire Summary
World on Fire 92%
Markets enrich minorities; elections enrage majorities. Exporting both is a global powder keg.
by Amy Chua 2002
3.82
1k+ ratings
🌋 Ethnic Conflict🏛️ Political Economy💸 Wealth Inequality📊 Free Market Critique🌍 Post-Colonialism
Empire of Cotton
by Sven Beckert • 2014
Before coal, cotton powered the world. The plantation, not the factory, built modern capitalism.
3.90
4k+
🏛️ Economic History🧵 Commodity Histories⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🌍 Imperialism And Trade🔗 Supply Chains
Empire of Cotton Summary
Empire of Cotton 91%
Before coal, cotton powered the world. The plantation, not the factory, built modern capitalism.
by Sven Beckert 2014
3.90
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🧵 Commodity Histories⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🌍 Imperialism And Trade🔗 Supply Chains
Africa in the World
by Frederick Cooper • 2014
Africa co-created global capitalism. The nation-state map that emerged was nobody's intended plan.
3.53
47
🏛️ Atlantic World💰 Political Economy🏴 European Colonialism🗳️ Decolonization🏢 Nation-State Critique
Africa in the World Summary
Africa in the World 91%
Africa co-created global capitalism. The nation-state map that emerged was nobody's intended plan.
by Frederick Cooper 2014
3.53
47 ratings
🏛️ Atlantic World💰 Political Economy🏴 European Colonialism🗳️ Decolonization🏢 Nation-State Critique
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust
by John Henrik Clarke • 1992
Columbus did not discover a new world. He launched a slave trade that built capitalism.
4.45
718
🏛️ African History⛓️ Atlantic Slave Trade✊🏿 Pan-Africanism💰 Capitalism And Slavery🏺 African Civilizations
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust Summary
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust 91%
Columbus did not discover a new world. He launched a slave trade that built capitalism.
by John Henrik Clarke 1992
4.45
718 ratings
🏛️ African History⛓️ Atlantic Slave Trade✊🏿 Pan-Africanism💰 Capitalism And Slavery🏺 African Civilizations
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
32
📊 Political Economy🌐 Global Capitalism📈 Marxist Economics👁️ Surveillance Capitalism💻 Digital Capitalism
Global Civil War Summary
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
Silent Coup
by Claire Provost • 2023
Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.
4.31
277
🏛️ Corporate Capture⚖️ Trade Tribunals🛡️ Privatized Security🌍 Development Critique🏴 Colonial Legacies
Silent Coup Summary
Silent Coup 91%
Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.
by Claire Provost 2023
4.31
277 ratings
🏛️ Corporate Capture⚖️ Trade Tribunals🛡️ Privatized Security🌍 Development Critique🏴 Colonial Legacies
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
29
🧠 Continental Philosophy📊 Political Economy⚔️ War And Capitalism🧬 Biopolitics🔗 Post-Marxism
Wars and Capital (Semiotext Summary
Wars and Capital (Semiotext 91%
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
Bankrupting the Third World
by James Morcan • 2015
The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.
4.40
96
🛢️ Resource Extraction💰 Aid Critique⛏️ Conflict Minerals🌍 Economic Colonialism💸 Debt And Dependency
Bankrupting the Third World Summary
Bankrupting the Third World 91%
The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.
by James Morcan 2015
4.40
96 ratings
🛢️ Resource Extraction💰 Aid Critique⛏️ Conflict Minerals🌍 Economic Colonialism💸 Debt And Dependency
The Looting Machine
by Tom Burgis • 2015
Your phone links you to a hidden network that turns Africa's oil and minerals into poverty.
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3k+
⛓️ Resource Curse🌍 African Politics⛏️ Extractive Industries🏛️ Crony Capitalism💸 Illicit Finance
The Looting Machine Summary
The Looting Machine 91%
Your phone links you to a hidden network that turns Africa's oil and minerals into poverty.
by Tom Burgis 2015
4.04
3k+ ratings
⛓️ Resource Curse🌍 African Politics⛏️ Extractive Industries🏛️ Crony Capitalism💸 Illicit Finance
Imperialism
by Vladimir Lenin • 1917
Capitalism outgrew free competition, building monopolies that needed colonies to survive.
4.27
11k+
🧮 Marxist Economics🏛️ Political Economy✊ Anti-Imperialism🏢 Monopoly Capitalism📊 Class Analysis
Imperialism Summary
Imperialism 91%
Capitalism outgrew free competition, building monopolies that needed colonies to survive.
by Vladimir Lenin 1917
4.27
11k+ ratings
🧮 Marxist Economics🏛️ Political Economy✊ Anti-Imperialism🏢 Monopoly Capitalism📊 Class Analysis
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 Summary
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
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution
by Maxine Berg • 2023
Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.
4.42
26
🏛️ Economic History⛓️ Atlantic Slavery🏭 Industrial Revolution🍬 Colonial Commodities🟤 Racial Capitalism
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution Summary
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution 91%
Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.
by Maxine Berg 2023
4.42
26 ratings
🏛️ Economic History⛓️ Atlantic Slavery🏭 Industrial Revolution🍬 Colonial Commodities🟤 Racial Capitalism
The Divide
by Jason Hickel • 2017
Colonial theft, debt traps, and rigged trade built global poverty; the official numbers hide it.
4.62
4k+
🌍 Global Inequality⛓️ Neocolonialism🏛️ Dependency Theory💸 Aid Critique🏴 Tax Justice
The Divide Summary
The Divide 91%
Colonial theft, debt traps, and rigged trade built global poverty; the official numbers hide it.
by Jason Hickel 2017
4.62
4k+ ratings
🌍 Global Inequality⛓️ Neocolonialism🏛️ Dependency Theory💸 Aid Critique🏴 Tax Justice
Escape from Capitalism
by Clara E. Mattei • 2026
Rate hikes, austerity, and unemployment share one purpose: keeping workers too weak to demand more.
4.18
391
🏭 Critiques Of Capitalism📊 Political Economy💸 Austerity Politics⚔️ Class Analysis🌍 Dependency Theory
Escape from Capitalism Summary
Escape from Capitalism 91%
Rate hikes, austerity, and unemployment share one purpose: keeping workers too weak to demand more.
by Clara E. Mattei 2026
4.18
391 ratings
🏭 Critiques Of Capitalism📊 Political Economy💸 Austerity Politics⚔️ Class Analysis🌍 Dependency Theory
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins • 2016
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
3.93
8k+
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts🏢 Corporate Power💸 Debt And Power
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 91%
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
by John Perkins 2016
3.93
8k+ ratings
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts🏢 Corporate Power💸 Debt And Power
Capitalism and Its Critics
by John Cassidy • 2025
The critics capitalism tried to ignore, and the 200-year history that proves they were right.
4.19
512
🔬 Intellectual History🏭 Economic History⚡ Critiques Of Capitalism⛓️ Colonial Capitalism📉 Crisis Cycles
Capitalism and Its Critics Summary
Capitalism and Its Critics 91%
The critics capitalism tried to ignore, and the 200-year history that proves they were right.
by John Cassidy 2025
4.19
512 ratings
🔬 Intellectual History🏭 Economic History⚡ Critiques Of Capitalism⛓️ Colonial Capitalism📉 Crisis Cycles
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
1k+
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism📡 Propaganda Studies🌐 Globalization Critique
The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World 91%
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
The Shock Doctrine
by Naomi Klein • 2007
Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.
4.30
55k+
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power🏗️ Privatization🌪️ Disaster Politics💣 War Profiteering
The Shock Doctrine Summary
The Shock Doctrine 91%
Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.
by Naomi Klein 2007
4.30
55k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power🏗️ Privatization🌪️ Disaster Politics💣 War Profiteering
A Brief History of Equality
by Thomas Piketty • 2021
Western wealth rests on slavery, colonialism, and tax havens. The repair manual exists.
3.97
3k+
📈 Economic History💰 Wealth Inequality🌍 Colonial Capitalism📊 Progressive Taxation🏥 Welfare State
A Brief History of Equality Summary
A Brief History of Equality 91%
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
The Battle for Paradise
by Naomi Klein • 2018
After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.
4.23
3k+
🌴 Caribbean Colonialism🌪️ Disaster Justice💰 Austerity Politics☀️ Community Energy🌽 Food Sovereignty
The Battle for Paradise Summary
The Battle for Paradise 90%
After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.
by Naomi Klein 2018
4.23
3k+ ratings
🌴 Caribbean Colonialism🌪️ Disaster Justice💰 Austerity Politics☀️ Community Energy🌽 Food Sovereignty
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 Summary
The New Human Rights Movement 90%
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
Vulture Capitalism
by Grace Blakeley • 2024
The free market is a myth: the economy is planned by oligarchs and serves only them.
4.15
2k+
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power💰 Neoliberalism🌍 Imperialism🗳️ Economic Democracy
Vulture Capitalism Summary
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 White Man's Burden
by William Easterly • 2006
$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.
3.83
6k+
📈 Development Economics🔍 Aid Skepticism🌱 Bottom-Up Development🔗 Colonial Legacies🗳️ Public Choice Theory
The White Man's Burden Summary
The White Man's Burden 90%
$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.
by William Easterly 2006
3.83
6k+ ratings
📈 Development Economics🔍 Aid Skepticism🌱 Bottom-Up Development🔗 Colonial Legacies🗳️ Public Choice Theory
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.
4.13
7k+
🏛️ Political Economy📉 Neoliberal Critique⚖️ Class Analysis💥 Crisis Capitalism🏦 Financialization
A Brief History of Neoliberalism Summary
A Brief History of Neoliberalism 90%
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
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 Summary
Survival of the Richest 90%
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
Technofeudalism
by Yanis Varoufakis • 2023
Capitalism is dead. The successor isn't socialism but a digital feudalism run by tech platforms.
4.02
10k+
🏛️ Political Economy💻 Platform Economies👁️ Surveillance Capitalism🏰 Rent Extraction🔮 Post-Capitalism
Technofeudalism Summary
Technofeudalism 90%
Capitalism is dead. The successor isn't socialism but a digital feudalism run by tech platforms.
by Yanis Varoufakis 2023
4.02
10k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy💻 Platform Economies👁️ Surveillance Capitalism🏰 Rent Extraction🔮 Post-Capitalism
The ANC Billionaires
by Pieter Du Toit • 2022
South Africa's peace made ANC insiders rich. 30 years later, the economic revolution hasn't begun.
3.91
142
🏛️ Post-Apartheid Transition🎯 Elite Capture🤝 Black Economic Empowerment🔒 State Capture📰 Investigative Journalism
The ANC Billionaires Summary
The ANC Billionaires 90%
South Africa's peace made ANC insiders rich. 30 years later, the economic revolution hasn't begun.
by Pieter Du Toit 2022
3.91
142 ratings
🏛️ Post-Apartheid Transition🎯 Elite Capture🤝 Black Economic Empowerment🔒 State Capture📰 Investigative Journalism
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 Summary
Rebel Cities 90%
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
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence
by Roberto Sirvent • 2019
American history is the original fake news: a cover story for genocide, slavery, and endless war.
4.08
287
🏛️ American Empire🪓 Settler Colonialism📜 National Myths⚪ White Supremacy📢 Propaganda Studies
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence Summary
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence 90%
American history is the original fake news: a cover story for genocide, slavery, and endless war.
by Roberto Sirvent 2019
4.08
287 ratings
🏛️ American Empire🪓 Settler Colonialism📜 National Myths⚪ White Supremacy📢 Propaganda Studies
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 Summary
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 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 Summary
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 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 90%
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
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 Summary
A People's Guide to Capitalism 90%
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
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 Summary
The Road to Freedom 90%
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
Capitalist Realism
by Mark Fisher • 2009
Capitalism won by making its alternatives unthinkable, and its dysfunctions feel like facts of life.
4.21
41k+
🏭 Late Capitalism📕 Marxist Theory📜 End Of History💵 Neoliberal Ideology🏛️ Kafkaesque Bureaucracy
Capitalist Realism Summary
Capitalist Realism 90%
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
Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3
by Fernand Braudel • 1979
Capitalism thrives by avoiding the market. How monopolies, not competition, built the modern world.
4.44
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🏛️ History Of Capitalism🌐 World-Systems Theory📜 Annales School⏳ Macrohistory🔄 Economic Cycles
Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3 Summary
Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3 90%
Capitalism thrives by avoiding the market. How monopolies, not competition, built the modern world.
by Fernand Braudel 1979
4.44
498 ratings
🏛️ History Of Capitalism🌐 World-Systems Theory📜 Annales School⏳ Macrohistory🔄 Economic Cycles
The Wretched of the Earth
by Frantz Fanon • 1961
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
4.35
33k+
🎓 Postcolonial Theory🔨 Decolonization🧠 Colonial Psychology🏥 Political Psychiatry🔥 Anti-Colonial Resistance
The Wretched of the Earth Summary
The Wretched of the Earth 90%
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
by Frantz Fanon 1961
4.35
33k+ ratings
🎓 Postcolonial Theory🔨 Decolonization🧠 Colonial Psychology🏥 Political Psychiatry🔥 Anti-Colonial Resistance
Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies
by Karl Polanyi • 1971
The market system we take for granted is a 200-year anomaly, built on three dangerous fictions.
4.00
23
🌍 Economic Anthropology💸 Capitalism Critique🏛️ Institutional Economics🔄 Non-Market Exchange🏙️ Market Society
Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies Summary
Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies 90%
The market system we take for granted is a 200-year anomaly, built on three dangerous fictions.
by Karl Polanyi 1971
4.00
23 ratings
🌍 Economic Anthropology💸 Capitalism Critique🏛️ Institutional Economics🔄 Non-Market Exchange🏙️ Market Society
The Case for Colonialism
by Bruce Gilley • 2023
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
4.32
191
📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History🌍 Post-Colonial States⏳ Modernization Theory
The Case for Colonialism Summary
The Case for Colonialism 90%
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
by Bruce Gilley 2023
4.32
191 ratings
📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History🌍 Post-Colonial States⏳ Modernization Theory
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
56
🏛️ Political Economy🔨 Marxist Economics🌐 Dependency Theory📉 Financialization Critique⚖️ Class Polarization
The Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism Summary
The Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism 90%
Monopoly capitalism's financialized phase is terminal, not a crisis. The only way out: socialism.
by Samir Amin 2013
4.00
56 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🔨 Marxist Economics🌐 Dependency Theory📉 Financialization Critique⚖️ Class Polarization
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 Summary
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
Capitalist Nigger
by Chika A. Onyeani • 2000
Economic dependency is the new slavery. The cure: become the kind of predator capitalism rewards.
3.59
477
🧱 Black Conservatism🔗 Racial Capitalism🌍 Postcolonial Economics✊ Black Self-Reliance🤝 Group Economics
Capitalist Nigger Summary
Capitalist Nigger 90%
Economic dependency is the new slavery. The cure: become the kind of predator capitalism rewards.
by Chika A. Onyeani 2000
3.59
477 ratings
🧱 Black Conservatism🔗 Racial Capitalism🌍 Postcolonial Economics✊ Black Self-Reliance🤝 Group Economics
The Power of Market Fundamentalism
by Fred L. Block • 2014
The self-regulating market was always a fiction. Enforcing it consumes the society that created it.
4.34
67
🏛️ Political Economy📊 Economic Sociology🚫 Market Fundamentalism💰 Commodification🛡️ Social Protection
The Power of Market Fundamentalism Summary
The Power of Market Fundamentalism 90%
The self-regulating market was always a fiction. Enforcing it consumes the society that created it.
by Fred L. Block 2014
4.34
67 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📊 Economic Sociology🚫 Market Fundamentalism💰 Commodification🛡️ Social Protection
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
by Gerald Horne • 2018
Slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism: fused in the 1600s, they still power the modern world.
4.26
189
🌊 Atlantic History🏚️ Settler Colonialism💰 Racial Capitalism◻️ Origins Of Whiteness⛓️ Slave Trade History
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism Summary
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism 90%
Slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism: fused in the 1600s, they still power the modern world.
by Gerald Horne 2018
4.26
189 ratings
🌊 Atlantic History🏚️ Settler Colonialism💰 Racial Capitalism◻️ Origins Of Whiteness⛓️ Slave Trade History
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent
by Sam Wilkin • 2015
Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.
3.71
357
🏦 Wealth Inequality🏛️ History Of Capitalism🗳️ Political Economy🤝 Crony Capitalism🎮 Regulatory Capture
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent Summary
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent 90%
Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.
by Sam Wilkin 2015
3.71
357 ratings
🏦 Wealth Inequality🏛️ History Of Capitalism🗳️ Political Economy🤝 Crony Capitalism🎮 Regulatory Capture
The Post-Corporate World
by David C. Korten • 1999
Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.
3.77
132
🌍 Post-Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy🏘️ Local Economies🤝 Cooperative Economics⚖️ Corporate Personhood
The Post-Corporate World Summary
The Post-Corporate World 90%
Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.
by David C. Korten 1999
3.77
132 ratings
🌍 Post-Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy🏘️ Local Economies🤝 Cooperative Economics⚖️ Corporate Personhood
Red Skin, White Masks
by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
4.46
941
🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory🌲 Land-Based Resistance💰 Anti-Capitalism
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks 90%
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014
4.46
941 ratings
🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory🌲 Land-Based Resistance💰 Anti-Capitalism
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 Summary
Karl Marx 90%
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
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