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Young Adult Nonfiction Business & Economics

Fired Up about Capitalism

by (author) Tom Malleson

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Nov 2016
Category
Business & Economics, Class Differences
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771132008
    Publish Date
    Nov 2016
    List Price
    $19.95
  • Downloadable audio file

    ISBN
    9781771135955
    Publish Date
    Sep 2021
    List Price
    $15.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 12 to 18
  • Grade: 7 to 12

Description

There is no alternative to free-market capitalism. At least that’s what we’ve been told since the 1980s, when Margaret Thatcher first declared the debate over. Politicians daily declare it, journalists parrot it, talk show hosts acquiesce to it, rich people gloat about it, and regular people simply assume it.

Fired Up about Capitalism forcefully argues that this is nothing but a myth. Tom Malleson exposes the reality of contemporary capitalism–from the widening inequality between the 1% and the rest of society, to ecological devastation–and demonstrates that in fact there are many alternatives. By demonstrating a wide range of examples of alternatives from around the world, from the short-term and practical to the long-term and ambitious, Malleson shows that replacing contemporary capitalism is not pie-in-the-sky utopia, but a real possibility as long as enough of us fight back against injustice and insist that a better world is possible.

About the author

Tom Malleson is Assistant Professor in the Social Justice and Peace Studies program at King’s University College at Western University. He is a long-time anti-authoritarian activist and organizer and has worked with migrant justice, anti-poverty, global justice, anti-war, and solidarity economy groups. He is co-editor ofWhose Streets: The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest.

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