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🌍 Colonial Capitalism

Examinations of how empire and commerce intertwined — the extraction, exploitation, and economic systems that fueled colonial expansion across the globe.
Empire of Cotton
by Sven Beckert • 2014
Before coal, cotton powered the world. The plantation, not the factory, built modern capitalism.
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🏛️ Economic History🧵 Commodity Histories⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism
Empire of Cotton Summary
Empire of Cotton 92%
Before coal, cotton powered the world. The plantation, not the factory, built modern capitalism.
by Sven Beckert 2014
3.90
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🧵 Commodity Histories⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution
by Maxine Berg • 2023
Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.
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26
🏛️ Economic History⛓️ Atlantic Slavery🏭 Industrial Revolution
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution Summary
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution 92%
Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.
by Maxine Berg 2023
4.42
26 ratings
🏛️ Economic History⛓️ Atlantic Slavery🏭 Industrial Revolution
Uncommon Wealth
by Kojo Koram • 2022
Offshore finance and debt traps: empire's playbook, tested abroad, now returned to reshape Britain.
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🏛️ British Empire🌍 Global Inequality🏦 Offshore Finance
Uncommon Wealth Summary
Uncommon Wealth 92%
Offshore finance and debt traps: empire's playbook, tested abroad, now returned to reshape Britain.
by Kojo Koram 2022
4.29
508 ratings
🏛️ British Empire🌍 Global Inequality🏦 Offshore Finance
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence
by Roberto Sirvent • 2019
American history is the original fake news: a cover story for genocide, slavery, and endless war.
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🏛️ American Empire🪓 Settler Colonialism📜 National Myths
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence Summary
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence 91%
American history is the original fake news: a cover story for genocide, slavery, and endless war.
by Roberto Sirvent 2019
4.08
287 ratings
🏛️ American Empire🪓 Settler Colonialism📜 National Myths
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust
by John Henrik Clarke • 1992
Columbus did not discover a new world. He launched a slave trade that built capitalism.
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🏛️ African History⛓️ Atlantic Slave Trade✊🏿 Pan-Africanism
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust Summary
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust 91%
Columbus did not discover a new world. He launched a slave trade that built capitalism.
by John Henrik Clarke 1992
4.45
718 ratings
🏛️ African History⛓️ Atlantic Slave Trade✊🏿 Pan-Africanism
Kicking Away the Ladder
by Ha-Joon Chang • 2002
Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.
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🏛️ Economic History🌐 Development Economics💰 Political Economy
Kicking Away the Ladder Summary
Kicking Away the Ladder 91%
Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.
by Ha-Joon Chang 2002
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🌐 Development Economics💰 Political Economy
The Counter-Revolution of 1776
by Gerald Horne • 2014
Britain was turning against slavery. The American Revolution was the slaveholders' answer.
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🇺🇸 American Revolution⛓️ Atlantic Slavery🏘️ Settler Colonialism
The Counter-Revolution of 1776 Summary
The Counter-Revolution of 1776 91%
Britain was turning against slavery. The American Revolution was the slaveholders' answer.
by Gerald Horne 2014
4.20
693 ratings
🇺🇸 American Revolution⛓️ Atlantic Slavery🏘️ Settler Colonialism
Red Nation Rising
by Nick Estes • 2021
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
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🏚️ Settler Colonialism🗳️ Native American Politics✊ Indigenous Resistance
Red Nation Rising Summary
Red Nation Rising 91%
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
by Nick Estes 2021
4.38
159 ratings
🏚️ Settler Colonialism🗳️ Native American Politics✊ Indigenous Resistance
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
by Gerald Horne • 2018
Slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism: fused in the 1600s, they still power the modern world.
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🌊 Atlantic History🏚️ Settler Colonialism💰 Racial Capitalism
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism Summary
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism 91%
Slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism: fused in the 1600s, they still power the modern world.
by Gerald Horne 2018
4.26
189 ratings
🌊 Atlantic History🏚️ Settler Colonialism💰 Racial Capitalism
Capitalism and Its Critics
by John Cassidy • 2025
The critics capitalism tried to ignore, and the 200-year history that proves they were right.
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🔬 Intellectual History🏭 Economic History⚡ Critiques Of Capitalism
Capitalism and Its Critics Summary
Capitalism and Its Critics 91%
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
Imperialism
by Vladimir Lenin • 1917
Capitalism outgrew free competition, building monopolies that needed colonies to survive.
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🧮 Marxist Economics🏛️ Political Economy✊ Anti-Imperialism
Imperialism Summary
Imperialism 91%
Capitalism outgrew free competition, building monopolies that needed colonies to survive.
by Vladimir Lenin 1917
4.27
11k+ ratings
🧮 Marxist Economics🏛️ Political Economy✊ Anti-Imperialism
Red Skin, White Masks
by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
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🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks 91%
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014
4.46
941 ratings
🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory
The Battle for Paradise
by Naomi Klein • 2018
After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.
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🌴 Caribbean Colonialism🌪️ Disaster Justice💰 Austerity Politics
The Battle for Paradise Summary
The Battle for Paradise 91%
After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.
by Naomi Klein 2018
4.23
3k+ ratings
🌴 Caribbean Colonialism🌪️ Disaster Justice💰 Austerity Politics
Africa in the World
by Frederick Cooper • 2014
Africa co-created global capitalism. The nation-state map that emerged was nobody's intended plan.
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🏛️ Atlantic World💰 Political Economy🏴 European Colonialism
Africa in the World Summary
Africa in the World 91%
Africa co-created global capitalism. The nation-state map that emerged was nobody's intended plan.
by Frederick Cooper 2014
3.53
47 ratings
🏛️ Atlantic World💰 Political Economy🏴 European Colonialism
Not "A Nation of Immigrants"
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 2021
Behind the immigrant myth: a settler state founded on land theft, genocide, and a war economy.
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🏛️ Settler Colonialism🌎 US Imperialism🗽 American Origin Myths
Not "A Nation of Immigrants" Summary
Not "A Nation of Immigrants" 91%
Behind the immigrant myth: a settler state founded on land theft, genocide, and a war economy.
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2021
4.35
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Settler Colonialism🌎 US Imperialism🗽 American Origin Myths
Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3
by Fernand Braudel • 1979
Capitalism thrives by avoiding the market. How monopolies, not competition, built the modern world.
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🏛️ History Of Capitalism🌐 World-Systems Theory📜 Annales School
Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3 Summary
Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3 91%
Capitalism thrives by avoiding the market. How monopolies, not competition, built the modern world.
by Fernand Braudel 1979
4.44
498 ratings
🏛️ History Of Capitalism🌐 World-Systems Theory📜 Annales School
Wars and Capital (Semiotext
by Éric Alliez • 2016
Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.
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🧠 Continental Philosophy📊 Political Economy⚔️ War And Capitalism
Wars and Capital (Semiotext Summary
Wars and Capital (Semiotext 91%
Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.
by Éric Alliez 2016
3.93
29 ratings
🧠 Continental Philosophy📊 Political Economy⚔️ War And Capitalism
History of Modern India
by Bipan Chandra • 2009
From Mughal collapse to British conquest: how a trading company remade a subcontinent.
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🏛️ Colonial India🇬🇧 British Empire💰 Economic Imperialism
History of Modern India Summary
History of Modern India 91%
From Mughal collapse to British conquest: how a trading company remade a subcontinent.
by Bipan Chandra 2009
4.08
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Colonial India🇬🇧 British Empire💰 Economic Imperialism
Choice Theory
by William Glasser • 1999
How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.
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🇺🇸 American History🏔️ Frontier Myth🏹 Settler Colonialism
Choice Theory Summary
Choice Theory 90%
How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.
by William Glasser 1999
4.01
4k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American History🏔️ Frontier Myth🏹 Settler Colonialism
Monopoly Capital
by Paul A. Baran • 1966
A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.
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🏛️ Political Economy🇺🇸 American Capitalism📉 Economic Stagnation
Monopoly Capital Summary
Monopoly Capital 90%
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
Silent Coup
by Claire Provost • 2023
Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.
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🏛️ Corporate Capture⚖️ Trade Tribunals🛡️ Privatized Security
Silent Coup Summary
Silent Coup 90%
Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.
by Claire Provost 2023
4.31
277 ratings
🏛️ Corporate Capture⚖️ Trade Tribunals🛡️ Privatized Security
World on Fire
by Amy Chua • 2002
Markets enrich minorities; elections enrage majorities. Exporting both is a global powder keg.
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🌋 Ethnic Conflict🏛️ Political Economy💸 Wealth Inequality
World on Fire Summary
World on Fire 90%
Markets enrich minorities; elections enrage majorities. Exporting both is a global powder keg.
by Amy Chua 2002
3.82
1k+ ratings
🌋 Ethnic Conflict🏛️ Political Economy💸 Wealth Inequality
Escape from Capitalism
by Clara E. Mattei • 2026
Rate hikes, austerity, and unemployment share one purpose: keeping workers too weak to demand more.
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🏭 Critiques Of Capitalism📊 Political Economy💸 Austerity Politics
Escape from Capitalism Summary
Escape from Capitalism 90%
Rate hikes, austerity, and unemployment share one purpose: keeping workers too weak to demand more.
by Clara E. Mattei 2026
4.20
342 ratings
🏭 Critiques Of Capitalism📊 Political Economy💸 Austerity Politics
A Brief History of Equality
by Thomas Piketty • 2021
Western wealth rests on slavery, colonialism, and tax havens. The repair manual exists.
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📈 Economic History💰 Wealth Inequality📊 Progressive Taxation
A Brief History of Equality Summary
A Brief History of Equality 90%
Western wealth rests on slavery, colonialism, and tax havens. The repair manual exists.
by Thomas Piketty 2021
3.97
3k+ ratings
📈 Economic History💰 Wealth Inequality📊 Progressive Taxation
Global Civil War
by William I. Robinson • 2022
Tech giants, banks, and the military used Covid to fuse into a global surveillance order.
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📊 Political Economy🌐 Global Capitalism📈 Marxist Economics
Global Civil War Summary
Global Civil War 90%
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
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger • 2002
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
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🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World 90%
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
by John Pilger 2002
4.14
1k+ ratings
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
Bankrupting the Third World
by James Morcan • 2015
The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.
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🛢️ Resource Extraction💰 Aid Critique⛏️ Conflict Minerals
Bankrupting the Third World Summary
Bankrupting the Third World 90%
The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.
by James Morcan 2015
4.40
96 ratings
🛢️ Resource Extraction💰 Aid Critique⛏️ Conflict Minerals
The Divide
by Jason Hickel • 2017
Colonial theft, debt traps, and rigged trade built global poverty; the official numbers hide it.
4.62
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🌍 Global Inequality⛓️ Neocolonialism🏛️ Dependency Theory
The Divide Summary
The Divide 90%
Colonial theft, debt traps, and rigged trade built global poverty; the official numbers hide it.
by Jason Hickel 2017
4.62
4k+ ratings
🌍 Global Inequality⛓️ Neocolonialism🏛️ Dependency Theory
Sweetness and Power
by Sidney W. Mintz • 1985
Royal luxury to factory fuel: how sugar, slavery, and empire built the modern Western diet.
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📦 Commodity Histories⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🍽️ Food Anthropology
Sweetness and Power Summary
Sweetness and Power 90%
Royal luxury to factory fuel: how sugar, slavery, and empire built the modern Western diet.
by Sidney W. Mintz 1985
3.78
3k+ ratings
📦 Commodity Histories⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism🍽️ Food Anthropology
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins • 2016
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
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🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 90%
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
by John Perkins 2016
3.93
8k+ ratings
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts
The Familial State
by Julia Adams • 2005
The Dutch Golden Age was built by families who treated the state as private property.
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22
🏰 Early Modern Europe🌷 Dutch Golden Age🏛️ State Formation
The Familial State Summary
The Familial State 90%
The Dutch Golden Age was built by families who treated the state as private property.
by Julia Adams 2005
3.91
22 ratings
🏰 Early Modern Europe🌷 Dutch Golden Age🏛️ State Formation
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.
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📈 Economic History📊 Marxist Economics💰 Political Economy
Studies in the Development of Capitalism Summary
Studies in the Development of Capitalism 90%
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
Slave Nation
by Alfred W. Blumrosen • 2005
The American Revolution was not about taxes. It began when a British judge ruled slavery illegal.
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📜 American Revolution⛵ Colonial America⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism
Slave Nation Summary
Slave Nation 90%
The American Revolution was not about taxes. It began when a British judge ruled slavery illegal.
by Alfred W. Blumrosen 2005
4.02
113 ratings
📜 American Revolution⛵ Colonial America⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism
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.
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23
🌍 Economic Anthropology💸 Capitalism Critique🏛️ Institutional Economics
Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies Summary
Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies 90%
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
The Shock Doctrine
by Naomi Klein • 2007
Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.
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🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power🏗️ Privatization
The Shock Doctrine Summary
The Shock Doctrine 90%
Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.
by Naomi Klein 2007
4.30
55k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power🏗️ Privatization
The Great Divergence
by Kenneth Pomeranz • 2000
Europe's industrial breakthrough wasn't its own genius. It took colonial land and underground coal.
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📚 Comparative History🏭 Industrial Revolution🏫 California School
The Great Divergence Summary
The Great Divergence 90%
Europe's industrial breakthrough wasn't its own genius. It took colonial land and underground coal.
by Kenneth Pomeranz 2000
3.68
1k+ ratings
📚 Comparative History🏭 Industrial Revolution🏫 California School
The Anarchy
by William Dalrymple • 2019
A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.
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📜 Colonial History🏢 Corporate History💰 Economic Plunder
The Anarchy Summary
The Anarchy 90%
A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.
by William Dalrymple 2019
4.20
19k+ ratings
📜 Colonial History🏢 Corporate History💰 Economic Plunder
A Brief History of Neoliberalism
by David Harvey • 2005
Free markets were sold as prosperity for all. They were a strategy to restore elite power.
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🏛️ Political Economy📉 Neoliberal Critique⚖️ Class Analysis
A Brief History of Neoliberalism Summary
A Brief History of Neoliberalism 90%
Free markets were sold as prosperity for all. They were a strategy to restore elite power.
by David Harvey 2005
4.13
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📉 Neoliberal Critique⚖️ Class Analysis
The Wretched of the Earth
by Frantz Fanon • 1961
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
4.35
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🎓 Postcolonial Theory🔨 Decolonization🧠 Colonial Psychology
The Wretched of the Earth Summary
The Wretched of the Earth 90%
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
by Frantz Fanon 1961
4.35
33k+ ratings
🎓 Postcolonial Theory🔨 Decolonization🧠 Colonial Psychology
The Half Has Never Been Told
by Edward E. Baptist • 2013
Torture, not the cotton gin, drove America's economic miracle. The numbers the textbooks leave out.
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🏛️ New History Of Capitalism💰 Racial Capitalism🌾 Antebellum South
The Half Has Never Been Told Summary
The Half Has Never Been Told 90%
Torture, not the cotton gin, drove America's economic miracle. The numbers the textbooks leave out.
by Edward E. Baptist 2013
4.46
6k+ ratings
🏛️ New History Of Capitalism💰 Racial Capitalism🌾 Antebellum South
Global Capitalism
by Jeffry A. Frieden • 2007
How governments built the first global economy, dismantled it, and rebuilt.
3.87
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🏛️ Economic History🌐 Global Capitalism🥇 Gold Standard
Global Capitalism Summary
Global Capitalism 90%
How governments built the first global economy, dismantled it, and rebuilt.
by Jeffry A. Frieden 2007
3.87
644 ratings
🏛️ Economic History🌐 Global Capitalism🥇 Gold Standard
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
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🌆 Urban Capitalism🗺️ Marxist Geography🏛️ Political Economy
Rebel Cities Summary
Rebel Cities 90%
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
Our Lives in Their Portfolios
by Brett Christophers • 2023
The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.
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🔑 Rentier Capitalism📊 Financialization🏦 Institutional Investment
Our Lives in Their Portfolios Summary
Our Lives in Their Portfolios 90%
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
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
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🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich 90%
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
The Acquisitive Society
by R.H. Tawney • 1920
When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.
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🏛️ Political Economy💰 Critique Of Capitalism✝️ Christian Socialism
The Acquisitive Society Summary
The Acquisitive Society 90%
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
The Looting Machine
by Tom Burgis • 2015
Your phone links you to a hidden network that turns Africa's oil and minerals into poverty.
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⛓️ Resource Curse🌍 African Politics⛏️ Extractive Industries
The Looting Machine Summary
The Looting Machine 90%
Your phone links you to a hidden network that turns Africa's oil and minerals into poverty.
by Tom Burgis 2015
4.04
3k+ ratings
⛓️ Resource Curse🌍 African Politics⛏️ Extractive Industries
Vulture Capitalism
by Grace Blakeley • 2024
The free market is a myth: the economy is planned by oligarchs and serves only them.
4.15
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🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power💰 Neoliberalism
Vulture Capitalism Summary
Vulture Capitalism 90%
The free market is a myth: the economy is planned by oligarchs and serves only them.
by Grace Blakeley 2024
4.15
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power💰 Neoliberalism
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
Karl Marx Summary
Karl Marx 90%
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
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.
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🏛️ Political Economy☭ Marxist Theory⛓️ Labor Exploitation
A People's Guide to Capitalism Summary
A People's Guide to Capitalism 90%
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
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent
by Sam Wilkin • 2015
Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.
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🏦 Wealth Inequality🏛️ History Of Capitalism🗳️ Political Economy
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent Summary
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent 90%
Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.
by Sam Wilkin 2015
3.71
357 ratings
🏦 Wealth Inequality🏛️ History Of Capitalism🗳️ Political Economy
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