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books about capitalism
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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, 2015 to present
 | "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 |
here on the Capitalism Pages at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
top of page 1 • several quotations • links • books about capitalism - to 2004
top of page 2 • books about capitalism, 2005-2014
top of page 3 • books about capitalism, 2005-2014 • fiction • other media
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