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001 2015023338
003 DLC
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008 150709s2016 nyu 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015023338
020 $a9780374235543 (hardback)
020 $z9780374710699 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHB3730$b.M37 2016
082 00 $a330.12/2$223
084 $aBUS069020$aBUS023000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMason, Paul,$d1960-
245 10 $aPostcapitalism :$ba guide to our future /$cPaul Mason.
250 $a1st American Edition.
263 $a1602
264 1 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"Over the past two centuries or so, capitalism has undergone profound changes--economic cycles that veer from boom to bust--from which it has always emerged transformed and strengthened. Surveying this turbulent history, Paul Mason's Postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of a change so big and so profound that this time capitalism itself, the immensely complex system within which entire societies function, will mutate into something wholly new.At the heart of this change is information technology, a revolution that is driven by capitalism but, with its tendency to push the value of much of what we make toward zero, has the potential to destroy an economy based on markets, wages, and private ownership. Almost unnoticed, in the niches and hollows of the market system, swaths of economic life are beginning to move to a different rhythm. Vast numbers of people are changing how they behave and live, in ways contrary to the current system of state-backed corporate capitalism. And as the terrain changes, new paths open.In this bold and prophetic book, Mason shows how, from the ashes of the crisis, we have the chance to create a more socially just and sustainable economy. Although the dangers ahead are profound, he argues that there is cause for hope. This is the first time in human history in which, equipped with an understanding of what is happening around us, we can predict and shape the future"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"In the tradition of No Logo and Empire, Postcapitalism is a sharply polemical but deeply analytical and historically informed account of the transition from capitalism to a new economic order"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aEconomic forecasting.
650 0 $aCapitalism$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aEconomic development$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aInternational economic relations.
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/543/9780374235543/image/lgcover.9780374235543.jpg