Capitalism & Alternatives

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
21st Century Socialism Reinventing the Project Fernwood Publishing	Bringing together a passionate group of socialists, 21st Century Socialism participates in the emerging and critical debate concerned with reinventing and rebuilding socialism.	Henry Veltmeyer	239	2011	View
An Economy of Well-Being Common-sense tools for building genuine wealth and happiness New Society Publishers	In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it’s difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy. These things are within reach, but how can we go about …	Mark Anielski	242	2018	View
NEW! Beyond the Periphery of the Skin Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism Between The Lines	More than ever, “the body” is today at the center of radical and institutional politics. Feminist, antiracist, trans, ecological movements–all look at the body in its manifold …	Silvia Federici	161	2020	View
Big Business and Hitler James Lorimer and Company	For big business in Germany and around the world, Hitler and his National Socialist party were a welcome political development. Business was facing the Great Depression of in the 1930s, and for …	Jacques R. Pauwels	304	2017	View
Free, Fair and Alive The Insurgent Power of the Commons New Society Publishers	From co-housing and agroecology to fisheries and open-source everything, people around the world are increasingly turning to ‘commoning’ to emancipate themselves from a predatory …	David Bollier	448	2019	View
From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization On Karl Polanyi and Other Essays Fernwood Publishing	Four years into the unfolding of the most serious economic crisis since the 1930s, Karl Polanyi’s prediction of the fateful consequences of unleashing the destructive power of unregulated …	Kari Polanyi Levitt	294	2013	View
Human Development Lessons from the Cuban Revolution Fernwood Publishing	Capitalism is a system in crisis. In the context of an urgent need for an alternative system, Cuba provides valuable lessons. The Cuban Revolution’s unique features have allowed it to …	Henry Veltmeyer	135	2014	View
Humanizing the Economy Co-operatives in the Age of Capital New Society Publishers	At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalization is the only way forward for modern, democratic …	John Restakis	305	2010	View
In The Business of Change How Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual New Society Publishers	Our communities are facing the fallout from the demise of vital industry, bankrupt economies, bad policy or policing, and political mismanagement. People are looking for answers, and the …	Elisa Birnbaum	195	2018	View
Intrinsic Hope Living Courageously In Troubled Times New Society Publishers	Climate disruption. Growing social inequality. Pollution. We are living in an era of unprecedented crises, resulting in widespread feelings of fear, despair, and grief. Now, more than ever, …	Kate Davies	203	2018	View
Techno-Fix Why Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment New Society Publishers	Nanotechnology! Genetic engineering! Miracle Drugs! We are promised that new technological developments will magically save us from the dire consequences of the 300-year fossil-fueled binge known …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	464	2011	View
NEW! The Future of Capitalism Katrina Vanden Heuvel and Yanis Varoufakis vs. Arthur Brooks and David Brooks House of Anansi Press	The twenty-fifth semi-annual Munk Debate, held on December 4, 2019, pits editorial director and publisher of the Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel and former finance minister of Greece Yanis …	David Brooks; Katrina Vanden Heuvel; Rudyard Griffiths; Yanis Varoufakis	142	2020	View
NEW! The Point is To Change the World Selected Writings of Andaiye Between The Lines	Radical activist, thinker, and comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean’s most important political voices. For the first time, her writings are published in one …	Alissa Trotz; Andaiye	320	2020	View
Think Like a Commoner A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons New Society Publishers	The biggest "tragedy of the commons" is the misconception that commons are failures – relics from another era rendered unnecessary by the Market and State. Think Like a Commoner …	David Bollier	211	2014	View
Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women Between The Lines	We are witnessing a new surge of interpersonal and institutional violence against women, including new witch hunts, which have occurred alongside an expansion of capitalist social relations. In …	Sylivia Federici	121	2018	View
From Foreword From: Big Business and Hitler Preview James Lorimer and Company	Revisionist historian Jaques R. Pauwels defines business and big business as it relates to his analysis of big business and Hitler. He gives a brief overview of the history of capitalism and the …	Jacques R. Pauwels	8	2017	$0.80 Add