{"title":"Books by Grace Blakeley","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781526638069","title":"Vulture Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A galvanising takedown of neoliberalism's \"free market\" logic, one rooted in as much history as it is in current events' \u003c\/b\u003eNAOMI KLEIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A must-read for anyone keen to put the demos back in democracy' \u003c\/b\u003eYANIS VAROUFAKIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything you know about capitalism is wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFree markets aren’t really free. Record corporate pro­fits don’t trickle down to everyone else. 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The separation between politics and economics can no longer be sustained.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Corona Crash\u003c\/i\u003e, leading economics commentator Grace Blakeley theorises about the epoch-making changes that the coronavirus brings in its wake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We are living through a unique moment in history. The pandemic has caused the deepest global recession since the Second World War. Meanwhile the human cost is reflected in a still-rising death toll, as many states find themselves unable—and some unwilling—to grapple with the effects of the virus. Whatever happens, we can never go back to business as usual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This crisis will tip us into a new era of monopoly capitalism, argues Blakeley, as the corporate economy collapses into the arms of the state, and the tech giants grow to unprecedented proportions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We need a radical response. The recovery could see the transformation of our political, economic, and social systems based on the principles of the Green New Deal. If not, the alternatives, as Blakeley warns, may be even worse than we feared.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308099449205,"sku":"9781839762055","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781839762055_02c64cb5-d22e-4ac3-82e9-c70834eea7e1.jpg?v=1786027795"},{"product_id":"9781912248377","title":"Stolen","description":"\u003cb\u003eA must-read polemic about why the 'recovery' from the 2007-08 crash mostly benefited the 1%, and how democratic socialism can save us from a new crash and climate catastrophe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor decades, it has been easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the decade leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, booming banks, rising house prices and cheap consumer goods propped up living standards in the rich world. Thirty years of rocketing debt and financial wizardry had masked the deep underlying fragility of finance-led growth, and in 2008 we were forced to pay up. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe decade since has witnessed all kinds of morbid symptoms, as all around the rich world, wages and productivity are stagnant, inequality is rising, and ecological systems are collapsing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStolen is a history of finance-led growth and a guide as to how we might escape it. We've sat back as financial capitalism has stolen our economies, our environment and even the future itself. Now, we have an opportunity to change course. 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