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Mythmaking is as central to sustaining our present economy as profit-making. In the 1980s, Thatcher …
A short and valuable read, with clear and convincing arguments.
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the …
This bourgois analysis disguised as "20 lessons" is a baffling ahistorical take on power. He is firmly planted in liberal democracy lala land, apparently the last beacon against the twin evils of nazism and communism 😕. Snyder has uncritically accepted US State actions and positions (prior to Trump). He definitely has a hard on for Churchill, or just about any noble leader of the free world. He sees zero of the irony in discussing the persecution of muslims as terrorists as a Russian innovation. At the end he unravels into pure russiagate rambling. It is telling that when mentioning how important the Reichstag burning in 1933, he says about who set the fire, "we don't know, and it doesn't really matter"
Extremely speculative and unconvincing. I appreciated the charts and the SCAD framing, but the historical summaries were disappointing. I also expected more of a proper textual analysis.
The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. …
I certainly learned a lot about Africa of the last twenty years. I thought the book was missing historical context.
An exuberant work of popular history: the story of how streets got their names and …
very fun to read! I was surprised it felt a bit disjointed as each chapter is pretty separate. But this book is filled with fun histories and the author is clearly super smart, both noticable from her elegant style and diction, as well as her nuanced takes on history and politics.
This book was challenging for me, but I learned a lot, especially about the theoretic foundations of modern finance in free market economics, as well as the convoluted details of derivative markets and how they led to the last financial crisis (as well as others).
I especially appreciated the authors prose and ability to illustrate complex ideas with examples. She used many words I didn't know (and not just the finance jargon).
Who are the immensely wealthy right-wing ideologues shaping the fate of America today? From the …
Short and sweet, if maybe showing some age.
I wonder if it could be shorter, certainly his "introduction" to the same topic published later this decade is.
I appreciate in particular the addition of 20th century anthropology to marxist economic theory. On the other hand I didn't find the many charts and equations very convincing.
I was surprised that Ernest didn't mention Marx by name much. This book is rather a retelling of what Marx said, but presumably it is more articulate. I haven't read the original (i imagine that includes Capital) but I did find this book to be very readable even if it's many decades old.
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? explores Fisher's concept of "capitalist realism," which he takes …
