The Trouble with Capitalism: An Enquiry into the Causes of Global Economic Failure - Softcover

Shutt, Harry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848134223 ISBN 13: 9781848134225

Publisher: Zed Books, 2009

Synopsis

The global economic order is in crisis. Is 'free market' capitalism really sustainable? The Trouble With Capitalism -- originally written, with remarkable prescience, in 1998 -- explains the underlying fragility of the then booming global economy. No mere temporary blip in the onward march of capitalism, Shutt argues forcefully that the current crisis is the result of fundamental economic problems which first emerged in the 1970s. The laissez faire prospectus was a sham response, with state power and capital used to prop up capital in the name of rolling back the frontiers of the state. Looking to a world where profit maximization is no longer the sole basis for resource allocation, Shutt’s ideas are startling and cannot be ignored.

About this title

About the Author:

Harry Shutt has been an independent economic consultant for many years.

Review:

"Identifies an impressive array of potential problems." -- The Christian Science Monitor "Shutt is one of the few to expose capitalism's lies and imperfections, faults that critically threaten our democratic survival." -- Publishers Weekly "In this thoughtful treatment of the current economic scene, one feels convinced that the collapse of Western civilization as we know it is at hand." -- Library Journal "Offers no easy answers, but suggests the West is going to have to face the fact that profit-maximising capitalism has run its course." -- Tribune "Based on wide knowledge, well documented source material and sharp analysis, everyone who reads it will learn from it..." -- Liberation

About this edition

• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848134223
• ISBN 13: 9781848134225
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256