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Related category: Anti-Capitalism & Global Inequality
Related booklists: Poverty & Inequality Worldwide, Capitalism, Corporate Power & Globalisation, Banks, Bankers and Money, Alternative Currencies, Neoliberalism,

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 17 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang
    Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World - by Ha-Joon Chang

    £20.00   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780241534649 | ISBN 10: 024153464x

    RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK  Economic thinking - about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible form.  For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global econ ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Knowledge Economy by Roberto Mangabeira Unger
    The Knowledge Economy - by Roberto Mangabeira Unger

    £14.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781788734981 | ISBN 10: 178873498x

    Revolutionary account of transformative potential in the knowledge economy.   Adam Smith and Karl Marx recognized that the best way to understand the economy is to study the most advanced practice of production. Today that practice is no longe ... more

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  • Cover image of book Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel
    Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World - by Jason Hickel

    £9.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781786091215 | ISBN 10: 1786091216

    The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause.  Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that wi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Inequality and the 1% by Danny Dorling
    Inequality and the 1% - by Danny Dorling

    £9.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781788736473 | ISBN 10: 1788736478

    Since the Great Recession hit in 2008, the 1% has only grown richer while the rest find life increasingly tough. The gap between the haves and the have-nots has turned into a chasm. While the rich have found new ways of protecting their wealth, every ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Inner Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
    The Inner Level - by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

    £9.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780141975399 | ISBN 10: 0141975393

    The essential new book from the authors of the international bestseller The Spirit Level.  Why is the incidence of mental illness in the UK twice that in Germany? Why are Americans three times more likely than the Dutch to develop gambling proble ... more

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  • Cover image of book Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
    Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist - by Kate Raworth

    £9.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781847941398 | ISBN 10: 1847941397

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER   Economics is broken. It has failed to predict, let alone prevent, financial crises that have shaken the foundations of our societies. Its outdated theories have permitted a world in which extreme poverty persists whil ... more

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  • Cover image of book Another Economy is Possible: Culture and Economy in a Time of Crisis by Manuel Castells
    Another Economy is Possible: Culture and Economy in a Time of Crisis - by Manuel Castells

    £17.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781509517213 | ISBN 10: 1509517219

    Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of business as usual, but the economic, social and human damage inflicted by the crisis has given rise to a r ... more

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  • Cover image of book Prosperity without Growth: Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow by Tim Jackson
    Prosperity without Growth: Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow - by Tim Jackson

    £12.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781138935419 | ISBN 10: 1138935417

    What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental and social limits?   The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson’s piercing challenge to conventional economics openly q ... more

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  • Cover image of book Syriza: Inside the Labyrinth by Kevin Ovenden
    Syriza: Inside the Labyrinth - by Kevin Ovenden

    £12.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780745336862 | ISBN 10: 0745336868

    The world’s eyes are on Greece. Elected in January 2015 under the leadership of Alexis Tsipras, the radical Syriza party sought to challenge the European economic status-quo and secure a better future for the Greek people. The fierce confrontation wi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Change Everything: Creating an Economy for the Common Good by Christian Felber
    Change Everything: Creating an Economy for the Common Good - by Christian Felber

    £12.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783604722 | ISBN 10: 1783604727

    Is it possible for businesses to have a bottom line that is not profit and endless growth, but human dignity, justice, sustainability and democracy? Or an alternative economic model that is untainted by the greed and crises of current financial syste ... more

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  • Cover image of book Why We Can
    Why We Can't Afford the Rich - by Andrew Sayer

    £19.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781447320791 | ISBN 10: 1447320794

    As inequalities widen and the effects of austerity deepen, in many countries the wealth of the rich has soared. Why we can’t afford the rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others ... more

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  • Cover image of book What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? How Money Really Does Grow On Trees by Tony Juniper
    What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? How Money Really Does Grow On Trees - by Tony Juniper

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781846685606 | ISBN 10: 1846685605

    From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, Nature provides the 'natural services' that keep the economy going. From the recycling miracles in the soil; an army of predators ridding us of unwanted pests; an abundance of life creating a genetic codebook tha ... more

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  • Cover image of book Can the Market Speak? by Campbell Jones
    Can the Market Speak? - by Campbell Jones

    £7.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781846945373 | ISBN 10: 1846945372

    It is said the market has moods and desires. It is said that we must listen to it and must anticipate how it will respond to our actions. What is the significance of these peculiar forms of speech?   This book investigates the conceptual unde ... more

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  • Cover image of book Common Wealth: For a Free, Equal, Mutual and Sustainable Society by Martin Large
    Common Wealth: For a Free, Equal, Mutual and Sustainable Society - by Martin Large

    £10.00   hardback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781903458983 | ISBN 10: 1903458986

    Just when 'the market' nearly took over all areas of life, the credit, climate and democratic crunches came along, challenging us to rebuild a society that works well for all. Common Wealth asks, 'How can we build a more free, equal, mutual and susta ... more

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  • Cover image of book Local Money: How to Make it Happen in Your Community by Peter North
    Local Money: How to Make it Happen in Your Community - by Peter North

    £14.95   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781900322522 | ISBN 10: 1900322528

    An inspiring yet practical new book, Local Money helps you understand what money is and what makes good and bad money. It draws on the considerable track record of experimentation with local money, like the Totnes pound, around the world and gives id ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Great European Rip-off: How the Corrupt, Wasteful EU is Taking Control of Our Lives by David Craig and Matthew Elliott
    The Great European Rip-off: How the Corrupt, Wasteful EU is Taking Control of Our Lives - by David Craig and Matthew Elliott

    £9.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781847945709 | ISBN 10: 1847945708

    As the June 2009 EU Elections approach, it's time for people across Europe to look at what really goes on in Brussels in our name.  The EU costs us over GBP700 billion a year - an incredible GBP1500 for every man, woman and child in Europe. So w ... more

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  • Cover image of book Alternative Budgets: Budgeting as if People Mattered. by John Loxley
    Alternative Budgets: Budgeting as if People Mattered. - by John Loxley

    £16.95   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9781552661055 | ISBN 10: 1552661059

    Alternative budgets are becoming an increasingly popular form of poliical action both in Canada and internationally. They demonstrate that there really are more enlightened alternatives which are, at the same time, fiscally responsible. They show tha ... more

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