🎨 Art And Capitalism

Explorations of how market forces shape creative production, from the commodification of beauty to the tension between artistic integrity and commercial survival.

How to Reform Capitalism

by The School of Life • 2019

The problem with business isn't greed. It's a failure to imagine what we actually want.

3.17

279

🏛️ Conscious Capitalism 🛍️ Ethical Consumption 🎨 Art And Commerce 📺 Advertising Critique 🏦 Culture And Economics

How to Reform Capitalism 90%

The problem with business isn't greed. It's a failure to imagine what we actually want.

by The School of Life 2019

3.17

279 ratings

🏛️ Conscious Capitalism 🛍️ Ethical Consumption 🎨 Art And Commerce 📺 Advertising Critique 🏦 Culture And Economics

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

by Don Thompson • 2008

The art market runs on branding and insecurity. A $12 million dead shark proves it.

3.87

6k+

🎨 Art Market 🖼️ Contemporary Art 📊 Behavioral Economics 💰 Art Investment 🧠 Collector Psychology

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark 90%

The art market runs on branding and insecurity. A $12 million dead shark proves it.

by Don Thompson 2008

3.87

6k+ ratings

🎨 Art Market 🖼️ Contemporary Art 📊 Behavioral Economics 💰 Art Investment 🧠 Collector Psychology

The Society of the Spectacle

by Guy Debord • 1967

Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.

4.03

24k+

📚 Critical Theory 🎭 Situationist 🛒 Commodity Culture 📺 Media Critique 🔗 Alienation

The Society of the Spectacle 90%

Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.

by Guy Debord 1967

4.03

24k+ ratings

📚 Critical Theory 🎭 Situationist 🛒 Commodity Culture 📺 Media Critique 🔗 Alienation

The Mind and the Market

by Jerry Z. Muller • 2002

Thinkers have argued for centuries whether markets free us or enslave us. The fight is unfinished.

4.17

347

📚 Intellectual History 💡 Economic Thought ⚔️ Critique Of Capitalism 🛡️ Defenses Of Capitalism ⚖️ Morality And Markets

The Mind and the Market 90%

Thinkers have argued for centuries whether markets free us or enslave us. The fight is unfinished.

by Jerry Z. Muller 2002

4.17

347 ratings

📚 Intellectual History 💡 Economic Thought ⚔️ Critique Of Capitalism 🛡️ Defenses Of Capitalism ⚖️ Morality And Markets

Bullshit Jobs

by David Graeber • 2018

Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.

4.02

35k+

🏭 Critique Of Capitalism 🏛️ Economic Anthropology 💼 Meaningful Work 🪪 Work And Identity 📋 Office Absurdity

Bullshit Jobs 90%

Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.

by David Graeber 2018

4.02

35k+ ratings

🏭 Critique Of Capitalism 🏛️ Economic Anthropology 💼 Meaningful Work 🪪 Work And Identity 📋 Office Absurdity

Survival of the Richest

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2022

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

3.83

3k+

💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

Survival of the Richest 90%

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2022

3.83

3k+ ratings

💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

Rebel Sell

by Joseph Heath • 2004

The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.

3.84

2k+

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏆 Status Competition 🔄 Counterculture Critique 🎭 Cultural Capital 🚫 Anti-Consumerism

Rebel Sell 90%

The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.

by Joseph Heath 2004

3.84

2k+ ratings

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏆 Status Competition 🔄 Counterculture Critique 🎭 Cultural Capital 🚫 Anti-Consumerism

Lives of the Artists

by Calvin Tomkins • 2008

When art has no fixed rules, the artist's life becomes the work. Ten portraits.

4.10

586

🎨 Contemporary Art ✍️ Art Criticism 💰 Art And Commerce 🎭 Artistic Identity ⚡ Art And Provocation

Lives of the Artists 89%

When art has no fixed rules, the artist's life becomes the work. Ten portraits.

by Calvin Tomkins 2008

4.10

586 ratings

🎨 Contemporary Art ✍️ Art Criticism 💰 Art And Commerce 🎭 Artistic Identity ⚡ Art And Provocation

The Velvet Rope Economy

by Nelson D. Schwartz • 2020

From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.

4.08

1k+

💰 Income Inequality 🏛️ Class Stratification ✨ Luxury Marketing 🎢 Experience Economy 🚧 Economic Segregation

The Velvet Rope Economy 89%

From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.

by Nelson D. Schwartz 2020

4.08

1k+ ratings

💰 Income Inequality 🏛️ Class Stratification ✨ Luxury Marketing 🎢 Experience Economy 🚧 Economic Segregation

Capitalist Realism

by Mark Fisher • 2009

Capitalism won by making its alternatives unthinkable, and its dysfunctions feel like facts of life.

4.21

41k+

🏭 Late Capitalism 📕 Marxist Theory 📜 End Of History 💵 Neoliberal Ideology 🏛️ Kafkaesque Bureaucracy

Capitalist Realism 89%

Capitalism won by making its alternatives unthinkable, and its dysfunctions feel like facts of life.

by Mark Fisher 2009

4.21

41k+ ratings

🏭 Late Capitalism 📕 Marxist Theory 📜 End Of History 💵 Neoliberal Ideology 🏛️ Kafkaesque Bureaucracy

What Money Can't Buy

by Michael J. Sandel • 2012

When everything is up for sale, the price isn't the only thing we lose.

3.93

14k+

🛒 Commodification 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Neoliberalism 🏟️ Public Goods ⚖️ Social Inequality

What Money Can't Buy 89%

When everything is up for sale, the price isn't the only thing we lose.

by Michael J. Sandel 2012

3.93

14k+ ratings

🛒 Commodification 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Neoliberalism 🏟️ Public Goods ⚖️ Social Inequality

The Road to Freedom

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2024

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

3.98

857

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

The Road to Freedom 89%

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024

3.98

857 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

Capitalism Unbound

by Andrew Bernstein • 2009

Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.

4.36

🗿 Objectivism 💼 Laissez-Faire ⚖️ Moral Philosophy ✊ Individual Rights 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

Capitalism Unbound 89%

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 ✊ Individual Rights 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

Liquid Life

by Zygmunt Bauman • 2005

Why work, love, and identity became disposable, and why standing still now means sinking.

3.90

2k+

🏛️ Critical Theory 💰 Late Capitalism ⚠️ Precarity 🛒 Consumer Critique 🔒 Fear And Security

Liquid Life 89%

Why work, love, and identity became disposable, and why standing still now means sinking.

by Zygmunt Bauman 2005

3.90

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Critical Theory 💰 Late Capitalism ⚠️ Precarity 🛒 Consumer Critique 🔒 Fear And Security

Chokepoint Capitalism

by Rebecca Giblin • 2022

A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.

4.25

1k+

🧠 Creative Industries 💻 Digital Platforms 🏢 Corporate Power ⚖️ Copyright Reform 🤝 Collective Bargaining

Chokepoint Capitalism 89%

A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.

by Rebecca Giblin 2022

4.25

1k+ ratings

🧠 Creative Industries 💻 Digital Platforms 🏢 Corporate Power ⚖️ Copyright Reform 🤝 Collective Bargaining

Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies

by Karl Polanyi • 1971

The market system we take for granted is a 200-year anomaly, built on three dangerous fictions.

4.00

🌍 Economic Anthropology 💸 Capitalism Critique 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Non-Market Exchange 🏙️ Market Society

Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies Summary

Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies 89%

The market system we take for granted is a 200-year anomaly, built on three dangerous fictions.

by Karl Polanyi 1971

4.00

23 ratings

🌍 Economic Anthropology 💸 Capitalism Critique 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Non-Market Exchange 🏙️ Market Society

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.

3.57

822

🔻 Marxist Theory 🧠 Critical Theory 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Late Capitalism 💰 Financialization

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto 89%

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 🏢 Late Capitalism 💰 Financialization

Mood Machine

by Liz Pelly • 2025

Your favorite playlist runs on anonymous musicians and ad-tech logic; it was never a music company.

3.83

5k+

🎧 Music Streaming 🏢 Platform Capitalism 🤖 Algorithmic Culture 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 💼 Music Labor

Mood Machine 89%

Your favorite playlist runs on anonymous musicians and ad-tech logic; it was never a music company.

by Liz Pelly 2025

3.83

5k+ ratings

🎧 Music Streaming 🏢 Platform Capitalism 🤖 Algorithmic Culture 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 💼 Music Labor

Money

by Yuval Noah Harari • 2018

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

3.90

3k+

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

Money 89%

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

by Yuval Noah Harari 2018

3.90

3k+ ratings

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

Global Civil War

by William I. Robinson • 2022

Tech giants, banks, and the military used Covid to fuse into a global surveillance order.

4.13

📊 Political Economy 🌐 Global Capitalism 📈 Marxist Economics 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 💻 Digital Capitalism

Global Civil War 89%

Tech giants, banks, and the military used Covid to fuse into a global surveillance order.

by William I. Robinson 2022

4.13

32 ratings

📊 Political Economy 🌐 Global Capitalism 📈 Marxist Economics 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 💻 Digital Capitalism

Rebel Cities

by David Harvey • 2012

Capitalism doesn't just happen in cities. It happens through them, and the rent is coming due.

3.92

2k+

🌆 Urban Capitalism 🗺️ Marxist Geography 🏛️ Political Economy ✊ Anti-Capitalism 📉 Financial Crises

Rebel Cities 89%

Capitalism doesn't just happen in cities. It happens through them, and the rent is coming due.

by David Harvey 2012

3.92

2k+ ratings

🌆 Urban Capitalism 🗺️ Marxist Geography 🏛️ Political Economy ✊ Anti-Capitalism 📉 Financial Crises

Escape from Capitalism

by Clara E. Mattei • 2026

Rate hikes, austerity, and unemployment share one purpose: keeping workers too weak to demand more.

4.18

391

🏭 Critiques Of Capitalism 📊 Political Economy 💸 Austerity Politics ⚔️ Class Analysis 🌍 Dependency Theory

Escape from Capitalism 89%

Rate hikes, austerity, and unemployment share one purpose: keeping workers too weak to demand more.

by Clara E. Mattei 2026

4.18

391 ratings

🏭 Critiques Of Capitalism 📊 Political Economy 💸 Austerity Politics ⚔️ Class Analysis 🌍 Dependency Theory

The End of Reality

by Jonathan Taplin • 2023

Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?

3.92

540

🏢 Tech Oligarchy 🐍 Libertarian Critique 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ₿ Crypto Critique 🧬 Transhumanism Critique

The End of Reality 89%

Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?

by Jonathan Taplin 2023

3.92

540 ratings

🏢 Tech Oligarchy 🐍 Libertarian Critique 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ₿ Crypto Critique 🧬 Transhumanism Critique

Monopoly Capital

by Paul A. Baran • 1966

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

4.20

276

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

Monopoly Capital 89%

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

by Paul A. Baran 1966

4.20

276 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

The Value of Everything

by Mariana Mazzucato • 2018

Economics lost the line between earning and extracting. A 150-year mistake now shapes every sector.

4.07

4k+

🏛️ Political Economy 💎 Value Theory 💹 Financialization 🎰 Rent-Seeking 📊 Shareholder Capitalism

The Value of Everything 89%

Economics lost the line between earning and extracting. A 150-year mistake now shapes every sector.

by Mariana Mazzucato 2018

4.07

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💎 Value Theory 💹 Financialization 🎰 Rent-Seeking 📊 Shareholder Capitalism

A History of India, Vol. 1

by Romila Thapar • 1990

How a 1999 sci-fi film exposed the simulation we were already living in.

3.63

2k+

🎬 Film Criticism 📖 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Postmodernism 📡 Media Theory 🕶️ Hyperreality

A History of India, Vol. 1 89%

How a 1999 sci-fi film exposed the simulation we were already living in.

by Romila Thapar 1990

3.63

2k+ ratings

🎬 Film Criticism 📖 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Postmodernism 📡 Media Theory 🕶️ Hyperreality

The Acquisitive Society

by R.H. Tawney • 1920

When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.

4.09

110

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Critique Of Capitalism ✝️ Christian Socialism 📜 Moral Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice

The Acquisitive Society 89%

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 📜 Moral Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

by Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

4.02

149

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why We Can't Afford the Rich 89%

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

by Andrew Sayer 2014

4.02

149 ratings

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Subprime Attention Crisis

by Tim Hwang • 2020

The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.

3.61

1k+

🌐 Internet Economy 👀 Attention Economy 💥 Market Bubbles ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🕵️ Advertising Fraud

Subprime Attention Crisis 89%

The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.

by Tim Hwang 2020

3.61

1k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Economy 👀 Attention Economy 💥 Market Bubbles ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🕵️ Advertising Fraud

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.

4.28

1k+

🏛️ Political Economy ☭ Marxist Theory ⛓️ Labor Exploitation ✊ Class Struggle 📉 Crisis Theory

A People's Guide to Capitalism 89%

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 ✊ Class Struggle 📉 Crisis Theory

The Corrosion of Character

by Richard Sennett • 1996

Flexible work promised freedom. It delivered the slow erosion of loyalty, trust, and a stable self.

3.94

2k+

🪤 Precarious Labor 🎭 Work And Identity 🏭 Post-Fordist Economy 📖 Critical Theory 🏢 Corporate Alienation

The Corrosion of Character 89%

Flexible work promised freedom. It delivered the slow erosion of loyalty, trust, and a stable self.

by Richard Sennett 1996

3.94

2k+ ratings

🪤 Precarious Labor 🎭 Work And Identity 🏭 Post-Fordist Economy 📖 Critical Theory 🏢 Corporate Alienation

Culture Jam

by Kalle Lasn • 1999

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

3.63

2k+

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

Culture Jam 89%

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

by Kalle Lasn 1999

3.63

2k+ ratings

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

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 🔍 Class Analysis 💸 Critique Of Capitalism

Karl Marx 89%

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 🔍 Class Analysis 💸 Critique Of Capitalism

Our Lives in Their Portfolios

by Brett Christophers • 2023

The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.

4.00

303

🔑 Rentier Capitalism 📊 Financialization 🏦 Institutional Investment 🏛️ Privatization 💸 Tax Avoidance

Our Lives in Their Portfolios 89%

The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.

by Brett Christophers 2023

4.00

303 ratings

🔑 Rentier Capitalism 📊 Financialization 🏦 Institutional Investment 🏛️ Privatization 💸 Tax Avoidance

Technofeudalism

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2023

Capitalism is dead. The successor isn't socialism but a digital feudalism run by tech platforms.

4.02

10k+

🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Platform Economies 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏰 Rent Extraction 🔮 Post-Capitalism

Technofeudalism 88%

Capitalism is dead. The successor isn't socialism but a digital feudalism run by tech platforms.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2023

4.02

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Platform Economies 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏰 Rent Extraction 🔮 Post-Capitalism

Slouching Towards Utopia

by J. Bradford DeLong • 2022

The engine of mass prosperity was built after 1870. We never learned to steer it toward utopia.

3.92

2k+

📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Economy 🗓️ Twentieth Century ⚙️ Technological Revolutions 💰 Income Inequality

Slouching Towards Utopia 88%

The engine of mass prosperity was built after 1870. We never learned to steer it toward utopia.

by J. Bradford DeLong 2022

3.92

2k+ ratings

📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Economy 🗓️ Twentieth Century ⚙️ Technological Revolutions 💰 Income Inequality

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

345

🏫 Austrian Economics 🧮 Economic Calculation 🚫 Critique Of Socialism 👑 Consumer Sovereignty 🗽 Classical Liberalism

Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual Summary

Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual 88%

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 👑 Consumer Sovereignty 🗽 Classical Liberalism

Capitalism and Its Critics

by John Cassidy • 2025

The critics capitalism tried to ignore, and the 200-year history that proves they were right.

4.19

512

🔬 Intellectual History 🏭 Economic History ⚡ Critiques Of Capitalism ⛓️ Colonial Capitalism 📉 Crisis Cycles

Capitalism and Its Critics 88%

The critics capitalism tried to ignore, and the 200-year history that proves they were right.

by John Cassidy 2025

4.19

512 ratings

🔬 Intellectual History 🏭 Economic History ⚡ Critiques Of Capitalism ⛓️ Colonial Capitalism 📉 Crisis Cycles

The Power of Market Fundamentalism

by Fred L. Block • 2014

The self-regulating market was always a fiction. Enforcing it consumes the society that created it.

4.34

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Sociology 🚫 Market Fundamentalism 💰 Commodification 🛡️ Social Protection

The Power of Market Fundamentalism Summary

The Power of Market Fundamentalism 88%

The self-regulating market was always a fiction. Enforcing it consumes the society that created it.

by Fred L. Block 2014

4.34

67 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Sociology 🚫 Market Fundamentalism 💰 Commodification 🛡️ Social Protection

Saving Capitalism

by Robert B. Reich • 2004

Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.

4.18

5k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Market Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

Saving Capitalism 88%

Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.

by Robert B. Reich 2004

4.18

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Market Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

The Culture of the New Capitalism

by Richard Sennett • 2006

Flexible capitalism swapped stable careers for disposable skills and turned politics into shopping.

3.76

599

🏭 Late Capitalism 📉 Precarious Work 🎓 Critique Of Meritocracy 🤖 Automation And Jobs 🤝 Social Trust

The Culture of the New Capitalism Summary

The Culture of the New Capitalism 88%

Flexible capitalism swapped stable careers for disposable skills and turned politics into shopping.

by Richard Sennett 2006

3.76

599 ratings

🏭 Late Capitalism 📉 Precarious Work 🎓 Critique Of Meritocracy 🤖 Automation And Jobs 🤝 Social Trust

America

by Chris Hedges • 2018

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

4.23

3k+

🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

America 88%

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

by Chris Hedges 2018

4.23

3k+ ratings

🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

The Art of the Con

by Anthony M. Amore • 2015

A master forger fooled the experts for decades. Then they checked the paint.

3.54

1k+

🖼️ Art Fraud 🕵️ Art Theft 💰 Art Market 🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Art of the Con 88%

A master forger fooled the experts for decades. Then they checked the paint.

by Anthony M. Amore 2015

3.54

1k+ ratings

🖼️ Art Fraud 🕵️ Art Theft 💰 Art Market 🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Moral Economists

by Tim Rogan • 2017

Capitalism's best critics fought for its moral toll, not its material one. We lost that fight.

3.59

🏛️ Political Economy 🧠 Intellectual History 🤝 Ethical Economics ✝️ Christian Socialism 🔨 Marxist Humanism

The Moral Economists 88%

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 ✝️ Christian Socialism 🔨 Marxist Humanism

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

by Andy Warhol • 1975

The most exciting thing is the thing you never do, and the best art is a dollar bill.

3.85

49k+

🎨 Pop Art 💭 Pop Philosophy ✍️ Artist Memoirs 💵 Art And Commerce 🌟 Fame And Celebrity

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol 88%

The most exciting thing is the thing you never do, and the best art is a dollar bill.

by Andy Warhol 1975

3.85

49k+ ratings

🎨 Pop Art 💭 Pop Philosophy ✍️ Artist Memoirs 💵 Art And Commerce 🌟 Fame And Celebrity

Studies in the Development of Capitalism

by Maurice Dobb • 2007

Capitalism was born when peasants lost their land and had nothing left to sell but their own labor.

3.85

📈 Economic History 📊 Marxist Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Class Analysis 📜 Historical Materialism

Studies in the Development of Capitalism Summary

Studies in the Development of Capitalism 88%

Capitalism was born when peasants lost their land and had nothing left to sell but their own labor.

by Maurice Dobb 2007

3.85

62 ratings

📈 Economic History 📊 Marxist Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Class Analysis 📜 Historical Materialism

Capitalist Punishment

by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2023

Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.

4.04

327

📋 Esg Investing 📊 Corporate Governance 🏦 Wall Street Critique ⚠️ Woke Capitalism 🏛️ Market Concentration

Capitalist Punishment 88%

Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2023

4.04

327 ratings

📋 Esg Investing 📊 Corporate Governance 🏦 Wall Street Critique ⚠️ Woke Capitalism 🏛️ Market Concentration

Passwords

by Jean Baudrillard • 2000

We mapped the world so completely that we erased it. The simulation is all that remains.

3.75

418

🏫 French Theory 📚 Postmodern Theory 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🔣 Signs And Symbols 📺 Media Theory

Passwords 88%

We mapped the world so completely that we erased it. The simulation is all that remains.

by Jean Baudrillard 2000

3.75

418 ratings

🏫 French Theory 📚 Postmodern Theory 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🔣 Signs And Symbols 📺 Media Theory

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by Jeff Goins • 2017

The starving-artist myth is a lie. Make money from your work without selling out.

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🧑‍🎨 Creative Careers 💼 Art Entrepreneurship 💰 Income Diversification 📢 Audience Building 🎭 Craft And Commerce

Real Artists Don't Starve 88%

The starving-artist myth is a lie. Make money from your work without selling out.

by Jeff Goins 2017

3.98

3k+ ratings

🧑‍🎨 Creative Careers 💼 Art Entrepreneurship 💰 Income Diversification 📢 Audience Building 🎭 Craft And Commerce

Go Woke, Go Broke

by Charles Gasparino • 2024

How Disney, Budweiser, and Target lost billions betting their customers wanted progressive politics.

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📋 Corporate Governance ✊ Corporate Activism 🏛️ Free Market Advocacy 📊 ESG Investing 💼 Shareholder Capitalism

Go Woke, Go Broke 88%

How Disney, Budweiser, and Target lost billions betting their customers wanted progressive politics.

by Charles Gasparino 2024

3.81

178 ratings

📋 Corporate Governance ✊ Corporate Activism 🏛️ Free Market Advocacy 📊 ESG Investing 💼 Shareholder Capitalism

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