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“The word 'capitalism' does not appear at all in Adam Smith's 1776 ground-breaking
“Capitalism is the creation of jobs and products and services.”
900-page Wealth of Nations.” — Natylie Baldwin
— G.E. Nordell
Books About Capitalism
Recent Additions
 | "Rescuing Capitalism From Corporatism: Greed & The American Corporate Culture" [2005] by John David Rose
AuthorHouse 9x5¾ pb [1/2005] for $19.45 | |
 | "Capitalism At The Crossroads: Aligning Business, Earth & Humanity" [2005] by Stuart L. Hart, Foreword by Al Gore, Jr. Wharton School Publng 2nd Edition 9x6 pb [7/2007] for $10.79 Wharton School Publng 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2005] for $21.77 | |
 | "The Economic Sociology of Capitalism" [2005] Edited by Victor Nee & Richard Swedberg Princeton Univ Press 9x6 pb [7/2005] for $17.79 Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2005] for $65.00 | |
 | "The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic & Philosophic Case For Laissez-Faire" [2005] by Andrew Bernstein
Univ Press of America 9x6½ pb [9/2005] for $40.37 author's website | |
 | "Capitalism: As If The World Matters" [2005] by Jonathon Porritt
Earthscan Publns revised edition 9½x6¼ pb [9/2007] for $24.95 Earthscan Publns 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2005] for $22.76 publisher bookpage (revised edition paperback) | |
 | "Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise In The Twentieth Century" [2006] by Jeffry A. Frieden W.W. Norton & Co. 8¼x5½ pb [4/2007] for $13.29 W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2006] out of print/many used | |
 | "The Culture of The New Capitalism" [2006] by Prof. Richard Sennett Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [1/2007] for $9.00 Yale Univ Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1/2006] for $28.80 | |
 | "The New Spirit of Capitalism" [2006] by Luc Boltanski & Eve Chiapello, Translated by Gregory Elliott Written in French, published in France by Gallimard in 1999; serious 'Frenchy' academic sociological text that seeks to lay the basis for a revival of two comple-mentary critiques: the 'artistic critique' attacking the alienation of everyday life by capitalism and bureaucracy, and the 'social critique' that was disarmed by the appear-ance of neocapitalism and remained fixated on the old schemas of hierarchical production. Verso 9¼x6¼ pb [9/2007] for $33.96 Verso 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2006] out of print/used | |
 | "Profit With Honor: The New Stage of Market Capitalism" [2006] by Daniel Yankelovich Yale Univ Press hardcover [5/2006] for $15.60 | |
 | "Railroading Economics: The Creation of The Free Market Mythology" [2006] by Michael Perelman Monthly Review Press 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $18.28 Monthly Review Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2006] for $71.25 | |
 | "Capitalism 3.0: A Guide To Reclaiming The Commons" [2006] by Peter Barnes Berrett-Koehler hardcover [9/2006] for $15.61 publisher bookpage | |
 | "The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and The Hundred Years' War Over The American Dollar" [2006] by H.W. Brands featuring five key players in American financial history: Alexander Hamilton; Nicholas Biddle (versus President Andrew Jackson); Jay Cooke; Jay Gould; and J.P. Morgan Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton [11/2010] for $9.07 W.W. Norton 8x5½ pb [10/2007] for $9.55 W.W. Norton 8¼x5¾ hardcover [10/2006] out of print/50+ used | |
 | "Transcending Capitalism: Visions of A New Society In Modern American Thought" [2006] by Howard Brick
Cornell Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2006] for $44.60 | |
 | "Radicals For Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of The Modern American Libertarian Movement" [2007] by Brian Doherty
Kindle Edition from PublicAffairs/Hachette [4/2009] for $12.99 PublicAffairs 9¼x6 pb [5/2008] for $15.05 PublicAffairs 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2007] out of print/70+ used | |
 | "The Politically Incorrect Guide To Capitalism" [4/2007] by dunderhead Robert P. Murphy, PhD More accurate title for this series is 'Incorrect Guide'; contains right-wing propaganda with no relation to reality – you should not buy or read this garbage. | |
 | "Thorstein Veblen and The Revival of Free Market Capitalism" [2007] Edited by Janet T. Knoedler, Robert E. Prasch & Dell P. Champlin The authors have chosen contributors that support the {FALSE!} premise that laissez faire economics is now 'restored' as "the governing principle of contemporary economic ideology and policy-making" — while the Oligarchs are indeed winning the Class War, there is no economy on the planet where laissez faire capitalism is being practiced! Edward Elgar Publng 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2007] for $120.65 {sic} see also Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's Thorstein B. Veblen [1857-1929] Page | |
 | "Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy & Everyday Life" [2007] by Robert B. Reich "a grand debunking of the conventional wisdom . . . the main thrust of Reich's argument is right on" — Prof. Robert H. Frank, Cornell University Vintage 8x5¼ pb [9/2009] for $10.85 Knopf 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2007] out of print/many, many used author's books page | |
 | "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade & The Secret History of Capitalism" [2007] by Ha-Joon Chang
Bloomsbury Press pb [12/2008] for $11.56 Bloomsbury Press 9½x6 hardcover [12/2007] for $17.79 | |
 | "Beyond Capitalism & Socialism: A New Statement of An Old Ideal" [2008] Edited by Tobias J. Lanz, Preface by John Sharpe, Foreword by Kirkpatrick Sale Anthology of essays describing 'distributism' which holds that political, economic & social liberties are restricted under both socialism & capitalism and that society exists for man, not the other way around. Kindle Edition from I.H.S. Press [2008 edition] for $10.49 I.H.S. Press 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2008] for $18.05 | |
 | "Capitalism At Work: Business, Government, and Energy" [2008] by Robert L. Bradley, Jr. The blame for the Enron Corp. [1985-2006] collapse rests squarely with political capitalism - a system in which business interests routinely obtain and employ government intervention for their own interests at the expense of consumers, taxpayers, and competitors. Kindle Edition from M & M Scrivener Press [10/2008] for $27.70 M & M Scrivener Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [10/2008] for $29.16 | |
 | "Pseudo-Capitalism: Socialism For The Rich"[2008] by Stephen Bindman Xlibris 8¾x6 pb [10/2008] for $19.98 Xlibris hardcover [10/2008] for $29.99 | |
 | "Capitalism Hits The Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What To Do About It" [2009] by Prof. Richard D. Wolff of UMass
Olive Branch Press 9x6 pb [10/2009] for $12.24 Richard Wolff 'Capitalism Hits The Fan' lecture on DVD [2009] Media Education Foundation hour-long color DVD [3/2009] for $17.99 author's official website | |
 | "The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates" [2009] by Peter T. Leeson Princeton Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [4/2009] for $16.47 | |
 | "After The Fall: Saving Capitalism From Wall Street and Washington" [2009] by Nicole Gelinas Encounter Books 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2009] for $16.29 | |
 | "How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People & Free Markets Are The Best Answer In Today's Economy" [11/2009] by Steve Forbes & Elizabeth Ames Completely wrong-headed propaganda for deregulation of everything: 'free market' robber barons will clean up the catastrophic mess that the 'free market' robber barons made! — DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK ! | |
 | "Capitalism: Unjust, Unstable and Unsustainable - Henry George & Jean-Baptiste Say Revisited" [2009] by Ben Battersby iUniverse 9x6 pb [11/2009] for $15.95 iUniverse 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2009] for $25.95 | |
 | "Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?" [2009] by Mark Fisher
new edition includes Forward by Zoe Fisher {Mark’s wife}, Introduction by Alex Niven, Afterword by editor/publisher Tariq Goddard “It’s harder to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” Kindle Edition from Zero Books [12/2022] for $10.99 Kindle Edition from Zero Books [11/2009] for $11.99 Zero Books 8½x5¾ pb [12/2022] for $14.95 Korean-language edition Lysiol pb [11/2018] out of print/used | |
 | "Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism" [2010] by Joyce O. Appleby [1929-2016] Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton & Co. [1/2010] for $16.47 W.W. Norton & Co. 8¼x5½ pb [3/2011] for $11.96 W.W. Norton & Co. 9x6½ hardcover [1/2010] for $19.77 | |
 | "Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and The Economics of Destruction" [2010] by Barry C. Lynn (of the New America Foundation [est. 1999]) "Brilliantly argued and meticulously reported, Cornered has changed my view of what's gone wrong with American capitalism." — Barbara Ehrenreich Kindle Edition from Wiley [1/2010] for $10.49 John Wiley & Sons 8¾x6 pb [12/2011] for $13.79 John Wiley & Sons 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2010] for $25.60 John Wiley & Sons hardcover [1/2010] out of print/many used see also Working Minds / Things To Worry About / Business & Economic Monopolies Page | |
 | "The Road From Ruin: How To Revive Capitalism and Put America Back On Top" [2010] by Matthew Bishop & Michael Green Crown Business 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2010] for $17.82 | |
 | "The Enigma of Capital and The Crises of Capitalism" [2010] by David Harvey Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2010] for $16.26 Profile Books, Ltd. 8½x5½ hardcover [4/2010] out of print/used | |
 | "American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900" [2010] by H.W. Brands Kindle Edition from Anchor/Random House [10/2010] for $13.04 Anchor Books 8x5¼ pb [10/2011] for $13.73 Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2010] out of print/60+ used | |
 | "The Free Market Capitalist's Survival Guide: How To Invest and Thrive In An Era of Rampant Socialism" [1/2011] by TV news hack Jerry Bowyer What to do if you believe the fallacy that President Obama is a socialist. (Since that is not true, the book is worthless!) — DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK ! | |
 | "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism" [2011] by Ha-Joon Chang Kindle Edition from Bloomsbury Press [1/2011] for $9.20 Bloomsbury Press 8¼x5½ pb [1/2012] for $10.20 Bloomsbury Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1/2011] for $14.47 | |
 | "The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building A Disruptively Better Business" [2011] by Umair Haque Harvard Business Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2011] for $17.79 | |
 | "Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope" [2012] by Cynthia Kaufman Kindle Edition from Lexington Books [1/2013] for $25.10 {sic} Lexington Books 9x6 pb [12/2013] for $26.42 Lexington Books 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2012] for $52.15 | |
 | "A Capitalist Manifesto: Understanding The Market Economy and Defending Liberty" [2012] by Gary Wolfram Amazon reviewers describe this as a clearly-written book by a libertarian who strongly admires (and cites) Ludwig von Mises Kindle Edition from Dunlap Goddard [8/2013] 2nd edition for $9.99 Dunlap Goddard 2nd edition 9x6 pb [8/2013] for $12.62 Dunlap Goddard 9x6 pb [11/2012] out of print/used | |
 | "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism In America" [2013 N.Y. Times bestseller] by David Stockman Stockman is mostly wrong here, but his viewpoints are always interesting; his list of bad guys includes Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, George W. Bush, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, Richard M. Nixon, Barack Obama, and Franklin Roosevelt; Stockman's list of 'champions' of balanced budgets and financial market discipline includes Sheila Bair, Bill Clinton, Dwight Eisenhower, Carter Glass, Bill Simon, Harry Truman, and Fed Chairman Paul Volcker Kindle Edition from PublicAffairs [4/2013] for $14.99 PublicAffairs 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2013] for $25.47 | |
 | "Capitalist Globalization: Consequences, Resistance, and Alternatives" [2013] by Martin Hart-Landsberg Kindle Edition from Monthly Review Press [6/2013] for $9.99 Monthly Review Press 8¼x5½ pb [6/2013] for $20.00 Monthly Review Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [6/2013] for $79.00 | |
 | "Fascism versus Capitalism" [2013] by Llewellyn H. 'Lew' Rockwell, Jr. Book included here as a warning: anarcho-libertarian Rockwell says that free-market capitalism is the antidote to fascism, then cites anarcho-capitalist economist Murray Rothbard [1926-95] and fascist Republican politician Ron Paul as heroes Kindle Edition from Ludwig von Mises Institute [11/2013] for $4.58 Ludwig von Mises Institute 9x6 pb [11/2013] for $12.48 | |
 | "Fracking Capitalism: Action Plans For The Eco-Social Crisis" [2013] Edited by Paul Feldman about the fracking assault on Great Britain by government-sanctioned oil & gas companies; 48 pages of essays by Penny Cole, Matt Worsdale, Gerry Gold, others • official booksite Lupus Books UK 8¼x5¾ pb [11/2013] out of print/used | |
 | "Capital In The Twenty-First Century" [2014] by economist Thomas Piketty (of France), Translation by Arthur Goldhammer Kindle Edition from Harvard Univ Press [3/2014] for $22.99 {sic} Belknap Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2014] for $27.48 | |
 | "Capitalism: A Ghost Story" [2014] by Arundhati Roy Ms. Roy's book examines the dark side of democracy and economics in contemporary India, and shows how the demands of globalized capitalism have subjugated billions of people to the worst forms of racism and exploitation. Kindle Edition from Haymarket Books [5/2014] for $9.99 Haymarket Books 7½x5¼ pb [5/2014] for $12.16 | |
 | "Global Capitalism and The Crisis of Humanity" [2014] by William I. Robinson Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [8/2014] for $16.98 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [7/2014] for $26.69 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [7/2014] for $69.94 {sic} | |
 | "American Capitalism: A Reader" [2014] by Louis Hyman & Edward E. Baptist Written by two professors at Cornell University as the official textbook for their MOOC (massive open online course) course at CornellX and at EdX Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [9/2014] for $9.99 Simon & Schuster 8½x5½ pb [5/2017] for $13.39 | |
 | "Saving Capitalism: For The Many, Not The Few" [2015] by political economist Robert B. Reich Kindle Edition from Knopf/Random House [9/2015] for $13.99 Knopf 9½x6 deckle-edge hardcover [9/2015] for $16.62 | |
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"Rethinking Capitalism: Economics and Policy For Sustainable and Inclusive Growth" [2016] Edited by Michael Jacobs & Mariana Mazzucato
listed contributors are: both editors, Giovanni Cozzi, Colin Crouch, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Andrew G. Haldane, Stephanie Kelton, William Lazonick, Yeva Nersisyan, Carlota Perez, Joseph E. Stiglitz, L. Randall Wray, Dimitri Zenghelis Kindle Edition from Wiley-Blackwell [7/2016] for $16.79 Wiley-Blackwell 9½x6½ pb [8/2016] for $23.23 | |
 | "A History of The World In Seven Cheap Things: A Guide To Capitalism, Nature, and The Future of The Planet" [2017] by Raj Patel & Jason W. Moore
Kindle Edition from Univ California Press [10/2017] for $9.48 Univ California Press8¼x5½ pb [7/2018] for $22.05 Univ California Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [10/2017] for $18.68 watch full 11/2017 lecture at Rainier Arts Center, Seattle [1:16:22] online at YouTube | |
 | "The Capitalist Comeback: The Trump Boom and The Left's Plot To Stop It" [2018] by Andrew F. Puzder {former CEO of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's} author traces the development of the anti-profit forces in the United States - from its roots in the Progressive Era to labor unions to education to entertainment to its political resurgence with avowed socialist candidates such as Sen. Bernie Sanders - and shows how, under President Trump, they can be vanquished for good Kindle Edition from Center Street [4/2018] for $2.99 Center Street 8x5¼ pb [4/2019] for $15.08 Center Street 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2018] for $8.46 | |
 | "Capitalism In America: A History" [2018] by Alan Greenspan & Adrian Wooldridge Kindle Edition from Penguin Press [10/2018] for $18.99 Penguin Press 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2018] for $22.48 | |
 | "The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and The Death of Competition" [2018] by Jonathan Tepper, with Denise Hearn Kindle Edition from Wiley [11/2018] for $11.99 Wiley 9x6¼ hardcover [11/2018] for $18.27 | |
 | "The Future of Capitalism: Facing The New Anxieties (A Manifesto)" [2018] by world-renowned economist Paul Collier Kindle Edition from HarperCollins Publrs [12/2018] for $15.99 Harper 9x6 hardcover [12/2018] for $19.49 | |
 | "Capitalism and The Death Drive" [2021] by Byung-Chul Han, Translated by Daniel Steuer What we call growth is in fact a tumorous growth, a cancerous proliferation which is disrupting the social organism. At a certain point this growth is no longer productive, but rather destructive. Capitalism passed this point long ago and its destructive forces cause not only ecological and social catastrophes but also mental collapse. The destructive compulsion to produce combines self-affirmation and self-destruction in one. 144-page Kindle Edition from Polity Press [5/2021] for $14.00 180-page Polity Press 8¼x5½ pb [8/2021] for $16.95 180-page Polity Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [8/2021] for $51.37 |
 | {falsely-titled} "Capitalist Manifesto" [2022] by Robert T. Kiyosaki Fear-monger Kiyosaki has no clue: he promotes fascist propaganda by falsely calling it capitalism. "Parents [are] protesting mandatory vaccines for their children, wearing of masks, and the teaching of Critical Race Theory, gender identity, and Post-Modernist Education . . . all Marxist in heritage." His newest book blames the National Education Association, the Internal Revenue Service, and the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, offering 'alternatives that any person or family can put in motion [to] counter communism taught in our schools . . . by teaching capitalism in our homes' • Sentient citizens will neither buy nor read this tripe! Kindle Edition from Plata Publng [5/2022] for $11.99 Plata Publng 9x6 pb [5/2022] for $18.05 |
 | Capitalist Manifesto: Understanding The Market Economy" for Kindle [2022] by Robert T. Covey details on Amazon all mixed up with Kiyosaki book, unclear what will be shipped 18-page Kindle Edition from indep [7/2022] for $3.99 | |
 | Capitalist Manifesto: Building A Sophisticated Better Business" for Kindle [2022] by Robert S. Haque details on Amazon all mixed up with Kiyosaki book, unclear what will be shipped 19-page Kindle Edition from indep [8/2022] for $3.99 | |
 | "It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism" [2023] New York Times bestseller by Sen. Bernie Sanders A progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires & billionaires at the expense of the working class, and a blueprint for what transformational change would actually look like Kindle Edition from Crown [2/2023] for $13.99 Crown 8x5¼ pb [2/2024] for $14.98 
Crown 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2023] for $15.69 publisher's official booksite | |
 | "Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and The Death of Freedom" [2024] by acclaimed U.K. journalist Grace Blakeley illustrates how corporate & political power brokers have used planned capitalism to advance their own interests at the expense of the rest of us - and how we can take back our economy for all Kindle Edition from Atria Books [3/2024] for $14.99 Atria Books 9¼x6 pb [3/2024] for $40.31 {sic} Atria Books 9x6 hardcover [3/2024] for $18.79 Atria Books hardcover [3/2024] for $31.76 |
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Fiction On The Subject
 | "The Octopus: A Story of California" [1901 novel] by Frank Norris [1870-1902] The classic historical novel of the decade-long ruthless & bloody battle between the railroad monopoly and the outmatched farmers of California. Dover 5¼x8 pb [12/2003] for $8.95 Penguin 7¾x5 pb [8/94] for $14.95 Penguin 7¾x5 pb [10/86] out of print/used Indypublish 6x9 hardcover [9/2002] for $22.99 Bentley hardcover [6/71] out of print/used | |
 | "The Pit: A Story of Chicago" [1903] by Frank Norris [1870-1902] Love vs. speculation on the Chicago commodities market; "...as topical as the internet bubble"; "... shows that greed has always been the driving force in our American economy" Kessinger 9x6 pb [6/2004] for $31.95 Penguin 7¾x5 pb [8/94] out of print/many used North Books 8x5½ hardcover [1/2003] for $26.99 Robert Bentley 8½x6 hardcover [6/71] out of print/used | |
 | "The Money Changers" [1908] by Upton Sinclair [1878-1968] A novel about the Wall Street Panic of 1907, a financial disaster brought on deliberately by powerful banking barons intent upon the ruin of their rivals. Kindle Edition from Public Domain Books [6/2004 edition] for FREE! Dodo Press 8¾x5¾ pb [10/2007] for $1.50 {sic} Aegypan 9x6 hardcover [9/2006] for $24.95 | |
 | "The Financier" [1912 novel] by Theodore Dreiser [1871-1945] The first of a trilogy about ambitious Frank Cowperwood (based on the flamboyant life of C.T. Yerkes). His fortunes rise and fall in Philadelphia society, from the U.S. Civil War to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, when his stock empire falls apart due to shady dealings and romantic scandal; he serves time in prison, and heads for Chicago to play the grain market. Plume 8x5¼ pb [11/67] for $12.48 | |
 | "The Titan" [1914 sequel to "The Financier"] by Theodore Dreiser Frank Cowperwood enters the financial world of Chicago with letters of introduction that fail to mention his criminal past. BiblioBazaar 8x5 pb [3/2007] for $18.99 hardcover [12/2007] for $27.50 "The Stoic" [1947 posthumous sequel to "The Titan"] by Dreiser Signet pb [11/81] out of print/rare | |
 | "Impromptu In Moribundia" [1939] by Patrick Hamilton [1904-62] described as a 'satirical attack on capitalist culture' Trent Editions 8x5¾ pb [4/99] out of print/scarce Constable & Co. U.K. hardcover [1939] long out of print/scarce | |
 | "The Mouse On Wall Street: Another Mad Irresistible Story About The Little Duchy That Shook Mighty America With Laughter!" [1969] by Leonard Wibberley [1915-83] After the success of their invasion of the United States, the Duchy of Grand Fenwick is awash with money. Too much money causes inflation, so the ministers decide to lose money on the New York stock market . . . Bantam mass pb [1/71] out of print/scarce Wm. Morrow hardcover [9/69] out of print/used | |
 | "A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel" [2000] by David Liss Period mystery thriller novel set in early 18th century London against the backdrop of the beginnings of stock speculation and the retreat from a mineral-based currency Ballantine Books 8¼x5½ pb [1/2001] for $10.29 Random House 9¼x6 hardcover [2/2000] out of print/many, many used Announced 12/2010 as a Ridley & Tony Scott feature film, adaptation by Danny Strong for Warner Bros. release in 2014; still in development 2017 • latest info at IMDb |
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Other Media
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"The Threepenny Opera" [Germany 1928]
Classic musical satire set in a mock Victorian England, a socialist critique of a corrupt capitalist society; interpretation of
John Gray’s "The Beggars Opera" [1728] by Bertolt Brecht [1898-1956] with the jazz music of Kurt Weill [1900-50]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera_(1931_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_the_Knife_(film) [1989]
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 | "Anti-Monopoly" board game [ages 8-15; 1973] Created by Ralph Anspach
"The Real Estate Game for the 21st Century" • Created because the Monopoly™ board game seemed to promote monopolies & banks as positive actors in the economy; trademark infringement lawsuits from Parker Brothers followed, which creator Anspach settled (i.e. won); revised in 1984 as Anti-Monopoly II and re-released in 2005 without the number suffix. For 2 to 6 players, ages 8 and up; includes game board, plastic playing pieces, cards, and play money • game entry at Wikipedia University Games set made in China - in 10"x15" box [2016] for $14.55 University Games set made in China - in 7½x4¾" tin travel box [2016] for $9.98 35th Anniv Edition: University Games set - in 10½"x10½" box [2008] out of prodn/used |
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 | "Capitalism II" video game [2001] Amazon.com ranking 8/2002 = 174!; 2005 ranking 825 Enlight Interactive game for Windows [11/2003] for $12.11 U.B.I. Soft game for Windows [12/2001] out of prodn/used |
 | "Capitalism: A Love Story" [Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein Oct 2009] Back in 2008, Michael Moore described his next film as being about 'the wonders of capitalism'. However, fate provided him with the 'G.O.P. Meltdown', the still-rolling collapse of the U.S. and worldwide economy. The American Dream is looking like a nightmare for more and more ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down, as families pay the price each day with their jobs, their homes and their savings – the disastrous impact of unregulated corporate dominance and scared politicians seeking re-election over mystified & angry citizens across America • Co-produced, written & directed by & starring Michael Moore; interviewees include Cong. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, Cong. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Wallace Shawn & Elizabeth Warren, with archive footage of Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan & Franklin Delano Roosevelt; won 2 awards at the Venice Film Festival Starz / Anchor Bay widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2010] for $24.99 Starz / Anchor Bay widescreen color DVD [3/2010] for $17.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site |
"Capitalism" documentary TV series [Arte-TV France Oct 2014]
 | Advertised as having 6 parts, IMDb shows 2 duplicates; combination of interviews and on-the-ground footage shot in twenty-two countries; film questions the myth of the unfettered free market, explores the nature of debt & commo-dities, and retraces some of the great economic debates of the last 200 years • The six episode titles are: 1) The Birth of The Free Market; 2) "The Wealth of Nations" (by Adam Smith); 3) Ricardo and Malthus, Did Someone Say Freedom?; 4) What If Marx Was Right?; 5) Keynes vs Hayek, A Fake Debate?; 6) Karl Polanyi, The Human Factor Co-produced, co-written & directed by Ilan Ziv; co-produced & co-written by Bruno Nahon; featuring Robert Boyer, Michael Hudson, Thomas Piketty, David Graeber, Kari Polanyi Levitt, Robert Skidelsky, Ha-Joon Chang, Ho Fung Hung, Yuval Noah Harari, David Harvey, Philippe Norel, Nicholas Phillipson, Abraham Rotstein, Yanis Varoufakis, Noam Chomsky, Alan Ebenstein, Stuart Ewen, Mary Gabriel, James K. Galbraith, Lewis Gordon, Carol Heim Icarus Films color DVD [5/2018] 3 disks for $27.78 available on Ovid streaming service website {requires membership} full credits at IMDb • official French-language website |
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