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🚩 Socialism

Books examining the political and economic philosophy that advocates collective ownership and democratic control of production, from its theoretical roots to its real-world experiments.
Understanding Socialism
by Richard D. Wolff • 2019
The USSR and China were state capitalism, not socialism. The real thing starts with worker co-ops.
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673
🏛️ Democratic Socialism🤝 Worker Cooperatives📊 Political Economy
Understanding Socialism Summary
Understanding Socialism 92%
The USSR and China were state capitalism, not socialism. The real thing starts with worker co-ops.
by Richard D. Wolff 2019
4.01
673 ratings
🏛️ Democratic Socialism🤝 Worker Cooperatives📊 Political Economy
The Socialist Manifesto
by Bhaskar Sunkara • 2019
Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.
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🗳️ Democratic Socialism📚 Marxism🏭 Labor History
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto 92%
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
What Is to Be Done?
by Vladimir Lenin • 1902
Workers alone only win wage fights. A secret vanguard must bring revolutionary thought from outside.
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🧠 Marxist Theory⚔️ Revolutionary Strategy🏭 Class Consciousness
What Is to Be Done? Summary
What Is to Be Done? 91%
Workers alone only win wage fights. A secret vanguard must bring revolutionary thought from outside.
by Vladimir Lenin 1902
4.11
6k+ ratings
🧠 Marxist Theory⚔️ Revolutionary Strategy🏭 Class Consciousness
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.
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1k+
🧠 Marxist Theory📜 Communist History⚒️ Class Struggle
Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista Summary
Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista 91%
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
Main Currents Of Marxism
by Leszek Kołakowski • 2005
Marxism's own contradictions made authoritarianism inevitable, not an aberration.
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455
📖 Intellectual History⚒️ Marxist Theory🔍 Critique Of Ideology
Main Currents Of Marxism Summary
Main Currents Of Marxism 91%
Marxism's own contradictions made authoritarianism inevitable, not an aberration.
by Leszek Kołakowski 2005
4.25
455 ratings
📖 Intellectual History⚒️ Marxist Theory🔍 Critique Of Ideology
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.
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2k+
🚩 Marxism🏛️ Political Philosophy📜 Historical Materialism
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings Summary
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings 91%
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
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
by Bertrand Russell • 1920
Russell expected a workers' paradise. He found a religion enforced by secret police.
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411
🚩 Bolshevik Critique🔨 Soviet History🪓 Revolutionary Politics
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism 91%
Russell expected a workers' paradise. He found a religion enforced by secret police.
by Bertrand Russell 1920
3.99
411 ratings
🚩 Bolshevik Critique🔨 Soviet History🪓 Revolutionary Politics
The Revolution Betrayed
by Leon Trotsky • 1937
Not socialism, not capitalism. Trotsky charts the third system the Russian Revolution produced.
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🏛️ Soviet History📖 Marxist Theory💰 Political Economy
The Revolution Betrayed Summary
The Revolution Betrayed 91%
Not socialism, not capitalism. Trotsky charts the third system the Russian Revolution produced.
by Leon Trotsky 1937
4.09
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Soviet History📖 Marxist Theory💰 Political Economy
The Moral Economists
by Tim Rogan • 2017
Capitalism's best critics fought for its moral toll, not its material one. We lost that fight.
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41
🏛️ Political Economy🧠 Intellectual History🤝 Ethical Economics
The Moral Economists Summary
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
Socialism
by Friedrich Engels • 1880
Socialism is not a dream: it is the scientific endpoint of capitalism's own contradictions.
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9k+
🏛️ Political Theory☭ Marxism✊ Socialist Thought
Socialism Summary
Socialism 90%
Socialism is not a dream: it is the scientific endpoint of capitalism's own contradictions.
by Friedrich Engels 1880
4.26
9k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Theory☭ Marxism✊ Socialist Thought
Reconstructing Karl Polanyi
by Gareth Dale • 2016
Polanyi didn't want a friendlier market. He wanted democracy to rule the economy outright.
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📖 Intellectual History📊 Political Economy🏛️ Economic History
Reconstructing Karl Polanyi Summary
Reconstructing Karl Polanyi 90%
Polanyi didn't want a friendlier market. He wanted democracy to rule the economy outright.
by Gareth Dale 2016
3.75
8 ratings
📖 Intellectual History📊 Political Economy🏛️ Economic History
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
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
Against the Web
by Michael Brooks • 2020
Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.
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2k+
🐘 Right-Wing Ideology💻 Internet Intellectuals📺 Media Criticism
Against the Web Summary
Against the Web 90%
Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.
by Michael Brooks 2020
4.10
2k+ ratings
🐘 Right-Wing Ideology💻 Internet Intellectuals📺 Media Criticism
Marx
by Peter Singer • 1980
Why Marx's critique of capitalism still explains inequality, globalization, and the climate crisis.
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🏛️ Political Philosophy📈 Economic Theory📜 Intellectual History
Marx Summary
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
The Conquest of Bread
by Pyotr Kropotkin • 1892
Plenty exists for everyone. The state and the wage are the only things in the way.
4.06
10k+
🏴 Anarchist Communism🖤 Classical Anarchism💸 Critique Of Wage Labor
The Conquest of Bread Summary
The Conquest of Bread 90%
Plenty exists for everyone. The state and the wage are the only things in the way.
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1892
4.06
10k+ ratings
🏴 Anarchist Communism🖤 Classical Anarchism💸 Critique Of Wage Labor
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.
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🏛️ Political Economy☭ Marxist Theory⛓️ Labor Exploitation
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
What Is Property?
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon • 1840
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
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2k+
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Property RightsⒶ Anarchist Theory
What Is Property? Summary
What Is Property? 90%
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1840
3.78
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Property RightsⒶ Anarchist Theory
After Capitalism
by David Schweickart • 2002
After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.
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⚖️ Market Socialism🗳️ Workplace Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism
After Capitalism Summary
After Capitalism 90%
After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.
by David Schweickart 2002
3.98
250 ratings
⚖️ Market Socialism🗳️ Workplace Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism
Socialism Betrayed
by Roger Keeran • 2004
The Soviet collapse wasn't inevitable: a pro-market faction inside the Party dismantled it.
4.37
545
🏛️ Soviet History📖 Marxist Historiography🔨 Class Analysis
Socialism Betrayed Summary
Socialism Betrayed 90%
The Soviet collapse wasn't inevitable: a pro-market faction inside the Party dismantled it.
by Roger Keeran 2004
4.37
545 ratings
🏛️ Soviet History📖 Marxist Historiography🔨 Class Analysis
The People’s Republic of Walmart
by Leigh Phillips • 2019
Big corporations already plan like socialist states. The final step is not computing but democracy.
3.88
2k+
🧮 Economic Planning🔴 Socialist Economics🗳️ Democratic Planning
The People’s Republic of Walmart Summary
The People’s Republic of Walmart 90%
Big corporations already plan like socialist states. The final step is not computing but democracy.
by Leigh Phillips 2019
3.88
2k+ ratings
🧮 Economic Planning🔴 Socialist Economics🗳️ Democratic Planning
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx • 1846
History's engine is not ideas but the struggle over who controls the tools of survival.
4.13
5k+
🏭 Materialist History⚒️ Class Struggle🎭 Ideology Critique
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy Summary
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy 90%
History's engine is not ideas but the struggle over who controls the tools of survival.
by Karl Marx 1846
4.13
5k+ ratings
🏭 Materialist History⚒️ Class Struggle🎭 Ideology Critique
The Acquisitive Society
by R.H. Tawney • 1920
When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.
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110
🏛️ Political Economy💰 Critique Of Capitalism✝️ Christian Socialism
The Acquisitive Society Summary
The Acquisitive Society 90%
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
The Communist Manifesto
by Martin Rowson • 2018
The original argument that capitalism destroys itself, delivered in satirical, vivid panels.
3.92
746
📚 Graphic Nonfiction🏛️ Political Philosophy🚩 Marxism
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto 90%
The original argument that capitalism destroys itself, delivered in satirical, vivid panels.
by Martin Rowson 2018
3.92
746 ratings
📚 Graphic Nonfiction🏛️ Political Philosophy🚩 Marxism
Capitalism Unbound
by Andrew Bernstein • 2009
Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.
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🗿 Objectivism💼 Laissez-Faire⚖️ Moral Philosophy
Capitalism Unbound Summary
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
The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx • 1848
History is class war. Capitalism narrowed the fight to two sides, and one is learning the rules.
3.69
202k+
⚔️ Class Struggle📊 Political Economy📜 Historical Materialism
The Communist Manifesto Summary
The Communist Manifesto 90%
History is class war. Capitalism narrowed the fight to two sides, and one is learning the rules.
by Karl Marx 1848
3.69
202k+ ratings
⚔️ Class Struggle📊 Political Economy📜 Historical Materialism
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.
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🔻 Marxist Theory🧠 Critical Theory🏛️ Political Economy
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
Essential Works of Lenin
by Vladimir Lenin • 1964
Monopoly, finance capital, and empire: Lenin's thesis on capitalism's inevitable last chapter.
4.11
757
⚒️ Marxist Theory📈 Political Economy⚔️ Class Struggle
Essential Works of Lenin Summary
Essential Works of Lenin 89%
Monopoly, finance capital, and empire: Lenin's thesis on capitalism's inevitable last chapter.
by Vladimir Lenin 1964
4.11
757 ratings
⚒️ Marxist Theory📈 Political Economy⚔️ Class Struggle
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
by Joseph A. Schumpeter • 1942
The real threat to capitalism isn't failure. It's its own spectacular success.
3.99
3k+
🏛️ Economic History🗳️ Political Theory🧬 Evolutionary Economics
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Summary
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy 89%
The real threat to capitalism isn't failure. It's its own spectacular success.
by Joseph A. Schumpeter 1942
3.99
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🗳️ Political Theory🧬 Evolutionary Economics
Slow Down
by Kōhei Saitō • 2020
Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.
3.92
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🔻 Degrowth🌍 Ecological Economics📕 Marxist Ecology
Slow Down Summary
Slow Down 89%
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
Democracy at Work
by Richard D. Wolff • 2012
Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.
3.95
2k+
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🏛️ Economic Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism
Democracy at Work Summary
Democracy at Work 89%
Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.
by Richard D. Wolff 2012
3.95
2k+ ratings
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🏛️ Economic Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism
The Foundations of Leninism
by Joseph Stalin • 1924
The manual Lenin left behind: why imperialist decay demands a new kind of revolutionary party.
4.05
2k+
📚 Marxist Theory✊ Revolutionary Politics⚒️ Class Struggle
The Foundations of Leninism Summary
The Foundations of Leninism 89%
The manual Lenin left behind: why imperialist decay demands a new kind of revolutionary party.
by Joseph Stalin 1924
4.05
2k+ ratings
📚 Marxist Theory✊ Revolutionary Politics⚒️ Class Struggle
Wobblies and Zapatistas
by Staughton Lynd • 2008
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
3.89
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🏴 Libertarian Socialism📜 Radical History✊ Direct Action
Wobblies and Zapatistas Summary
Wobblies and Zapatistas 89%
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
by Staughton Lynd 2008
3.89
473 ratings
🏴 Libertarian Socialism📜 Radical History✊ Direct Action
The Case Against Socialism
by Rand Paul • 2019
Why socialism always ends in bread lines and body counts, from Venezuela to Mao's China.
4.18
1k+
🚫 Anti-Socialism📈 Free Market Economics💰 Kleptocracy
The Case Against Socialism Summary
The Case Against Socialism 89%
Why socialism always ends in bread lines and body counts, from Venezuela to Mao's China.
by Rand Paul 2019
4.18
1k+ ratings
🚫 Anti-Socialism📈 Free Market Economics💰 Kleptocracy
Inventing the Future
by Nick Srnicek • 2015
Small protests fail. The left needs automation, a guaranteed wage, and a long-term vision.
3.97
3k+
💸 Post-Capitalism🪧 Leftist Strategy🤖 Future Of Work
Inventing the Future Summary
Inventing the Future 89%
Small protests fail. The left needs automation, a guaranteed wage, and a long-term vision.
by Nick Srnicek 2015
3.97
3k+ ratings
💸 Post-Capitalism🪧 Leftist Strategy🤖 Future Of Work
Free and Equal
by Daniel Chandler • 2023
Forget who you are, design society. Rawls did; the result might be our fairest system.
3.95
439
🏛️ Political Philosophy📜 Social Contract⚖️ Economic Justice
Free and Equal Summary
Free and Equal 89%
Forget who you are, design society. Rawls did; the result might be our fairest system.
by Daniel Chandler 2023
3.95
439 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📜 Social Contract⚖️ Economic Justice
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
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Summary
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism 89%
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
How to Change the World
by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 2011
The regimes that claimed Marx fell. After 2008, his analysis of capitalism became inescapable again.
3.88
988
📜 Marxist Theory📖 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Theory
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World 89%
The regimes that claimed Marx fell. After 2008, his analysis of capitalism became inescapable again.
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 2011
3.88
988 ratings
📜 Marxist Theory📖 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Theory
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
by Ernesto Laclau • 1985
Consensus is a mirage. Conflict is ineradicable; any left project that forgets this fails.
3.82
1k+
🏛️ Political Theory📚 Post-Marxism🗳️ Radical Democracy
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy Summary
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy 89%
Consensus is a mirage. Conflict is ineradicable; any left project that forgets this fails.
by Ernesto Laclau 1985
3.82
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Theory📚 Post-Marxism🗳️ Radical Democracy
Che Guevara Reader
by Ernesto Che Guevara • 1997
Winning the war is step one. Che Guevara's collected writings on what revolutions do after victory.
4.08
359
🇨🇺 Cuban Revolution🪖 Guerrilla Warfare🌍 Anti-Imperialism
Che Guevara Reader Summary
Che Guevara Reader 89%
Winning the war is step one. Che Guevara's collected writings on what revolutions do after victory.
by Ernesto Che Guevara 1997
4.08
359 ratings
🇨🇺 Cuban Revolution🪖 Guerrilla Warfare🌍 Anti-Imperialism
Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual
by John Eckhardt • 2014
No market, no prices. No prices, no economic calculus. That's why socialism devours its own capital.
4.63
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🏫 Austrian Economics🧮 Economic Calculation🚫 Critique Of Socialism
Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual Summary
Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual 89%
No market, no prices. No prices, no economic calculus. That's why socialism devours its own capital.
by John Eckhardt 2014
4.63
345 ratings
🏫 Austrian Economics🧮 Economic Calculation🚫 Critique Of Socialism
It Didn't Happen Here
by Seymour Martin Lipset • 2000
Marx bet on America going socialist. Its political system, unions, and immigrants had other plans.
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🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🌍 Comparative Politics🏭 Labor Movement History
It Didn't Happen Here Summary
It Didn't Happen Here 89%
Marx bet on America going socialist. Its political system, unions, and immigrants had other plans.
by Seymour Martin Lipset 2000
3.60
105 ratings
🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🌍 Comparative Politics🏭 Labor Movement History
Archaeologies of the Future
by Fredric Jameson • 2005
Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.
4.04
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📚 Literary Criticism🧠 Critical Theory☭ Western Marxism
Archaeologies of the Future Summary
Archaeologies of the Future 89%
Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.
by Fredric Jameson 2005
4.04
596 ratings
📚 Literary Criticism🧠 Critical Theory☭ Western Marxism
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
by Kristen R. Ghodsee • 2018
East German women had more orgasms. The reason: they didn't need men's money.
3.98
8k+
🧮 Feminist Economics🔗 Political Economy🏠 Unpaid Care Work
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism 89%
East German women had more orgasms. The reason: they didn't need men's money.
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018
3.98
8k+ ratings
🧮 Feminist Economics🔗 Political Economy🏠 Unpaid Care Work
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
Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise 89%
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
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
A Brief History of Equality Summary
A Brief History of Equality 89%
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
The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson • 1963
Not steam but struggle: how riots, chapels, and radical printers built the English working class.
4.21
4k+
📜 Social History🛠️ Labor History⚔️ Class Struggle
The Making of the English Working Class Summary
The Making of the English Working Class 89%
Not steam but struggle: how riots, chapels, and radical printers built the English working class.
by E.P. Thompson 1963
4.21
4k+ ratings
📜 Social History🛠️ Labor History⚔️ Class Struggle
The Age of Acquiescence
by Steve Fraser • 2015
Mass movements once made America ungovernable for the rich. Now extreme inequality meets silence.
3.82
454
✊ Class Conflict💰 Wealth Inequality👷 Labor Movements
The Age of Acquiescence Summary
The Age of Acquiescence 89%
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
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.
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516
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity 89%
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
A Planet to Win
by Kate Aronoff • 2019
What if fighting climate change meant universal housing, public power, and a four-day week?
4.07
686
📗 Green New Deal🌍 Climate Justice🌱 Ecosocialism
A Planet to Win Summary
A Planet to Win 89%
What if fighting climate change meant universal housing, public power, and a four-day week?
by Kate Aronoff 2019
4.07
686 ratings
📗 Green New Deal🌍 Climate Justice🌱 Ecosocialism
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
by Gøsta Esping-Andersen • 1989
Three welfare-state logics, not one spectrum; three distinct futures for work, class, and conflict.
3.93
352
🏛️ Welfare States📋 Social Policy🏭 Post-Industrial Work
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Summary
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism 89%
Three welfare-state logics, not one spectrum; three distinct futures for work, class, and conflict.
by Gøsta Esping-Andersen 1989
3.93
352 ratings
🏛️ Welfare States📋 Social Policy🏭 Post-Industrial Work
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