WHY ARE THEY SO POOR? CAPITALISM

WHY ARE THEY SO POOR? CAPITALISM
Author: David N. Singerman
Publisher: Amazon Pro Hub
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2021-09-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1956406069

One must understand the full and parasitic relationship between the First World and the Third World in order to understand why the world is the way it is, how it got this way and why, if its course isn’t disrupted, the future for humanity can only remain bleak, even disastrous. In short, this means understanding global capitalism, its history and its present.

The Future of Capitalism

The Future of Capitalism
Author: Paul Collier
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2018-12-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0062748661

Bill Gates's Five Books for Summer Reading 2019 From world-renowned economist Paul Collier, a candid diagnosis of the failures of capitalism and a pragmatic and realistic vision for how we can repair it. Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of the United States and other Western societies: thriving cities versus rural counties, the highly skilled elite versus the less educated, wealthy versus developing countries. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical obligation to others that was crucial to the rise of post-war social democracy. So far these rifts have been answered only by the revivalist ideologies of populism and socialism, leading to the seismic upheavals of Trump, Brexit, and the return of the far-right in Germany. We have heard many critiques of capitalism but no one has laid out a realistic way to fix it, until now. In a passionate and polemical book, celebrated economist Paul Collier outlines brilliantly original and ethical ways of healing these rifts—economic, social and cultural—with the cool head of pragmatism, rather than the fervor of ideological revivalism. He reveals how he has personally lived across these three divides, moving from working-class Sheffield to hyper-competitive Oxford, and working between Britain and Africa, and acknowledges some of the failings of his profession. Drawing on his own solutions as well as ideas from some of the world’s most distinguished social scientists, he shows us how to save capitalism from itself—and free ourselves from the intellectual baggage of the twentieth century.

How the Poor Can Save Capitalism

How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
Author: John Hope Bryant
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2014-06-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1626560331

This book has a simple message for business leaders: you help yourselves by helping the poor. Instead of feeling as if the economy is working against them, the poor need to feel they have a stake in it so they will buy your products and put money in the bank. Supporting poor people's efforts to move into the middle class is the only way to enrich everyone, rich and poor alike.

Democracy at Work

Democracy at Work
Author: Richard Wolff
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2012-10-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1608462579

What, and who, are we working for? A thoughtful assessment on our current society from “probably America’s most prominent Marxist economist” (The New York Times). Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid-for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. Whether it is secure, well-paid, and meaningful jobs or a sustainable relationship with the natural environment that we depend on, our society is not delivering the results people need and deserve. One key cause for this intolerable state of affairs is the lack of genuine democracy in our economy as well as in our politics. The solution requires the institution of genuine economic democracy, starting with workers managing their own workplaces, as the basis for a genuine political democracy. Here Richard D. Wolff lays out a hopeful and concrete vision of how to make that possible, addressing the many people who have concluded economic inequality and politics as usual can no longer be tolerated and are looking for a concrete program of action. “Wolff’s constructive and innovative ideas suggest new and promising foundations for much more authentic democracy and sustainable and equitable development, ideas that can be implemented directly and carried forward. A very valuable contribution in troubled times.” —Noam Chomsky, leading public intellectual and author of Hope and Prospects

The Poverty of Capitalism

The Poverty of Capitalism
Author: John Hilary
Publisher: Pluto Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780745333304

Capitalist growth is widely heralded as the only answer to the crisis still sweeping the global economy. Yet the era of corporate globalization has been defined by unprecedented levels of inequality and environmental degradation. A return to capitalist growth threatens to exacerbate these problems, not solve them. In The Poverty of Capitalism, John Hilary reveals the true face of transnational capital in its insatiable drive for expansion and accumulation. He exposes the myth of "corporate social responsibility" (CSR), and highlights key areas of conflict over natural resources, labor rights and food sovereignty. Hilary also describes the growing popular resistance to corporate power, as well as the new social movements seeking to develop alternatives to capitalism itself. This book will be essential reading for all those concerned with global justice, human rights and equity in the new world order.

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism
Author: Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2011-01-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1608193586

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "For anyone who wants to understand capitalism not as economists or politicians have pictured it but as it actually operates, this book will be invaluable."-Observer (UK) If you've wondered how we did not see the economic collapse coming, Ha-Joon Chang knows the answer: We didn't ask what they didn't tell us about capitalism. This is a lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists-the apostles of the freemarket-have spun since the Age of Reagan. Chang, the author of the international bestseller Bad Samaritans, is one of the world's most respected economists, a voice of sanity-and wit-in the tradition of John Kenneth Galbraith and Joseph Stiglitz. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism equips readers with an understanding of how global capitalism works-and doesn't. In his final chapter, "How to Rebuild the World," Chang offers a vision of how we can shape capitalism to humane ends, instead of becoming slaves of the market.

WHY ARE THEY SO POOR? CAPITALISM

WHY ARE THEY SO POOR? CAPITALISM
Author: David N. Singerman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-09-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780578296456

"AMERICAN MAVERICK, TARGET: AMERICAN GANGSTERS takes us through the triumphs and tragedies in the life of Richie Roberts in a typical biographical manner. The early chapters describe his years growing up in Newark, New Jersey where he was an exceptional high school athlete, while coping with anxiety and attention deficit disorder (ADD). Subsequent chapters take us through his experiences in the United States Marine Corps., college, all through his rise and downfall in the world of law enforcement and criminal law.In 1964, Richie Roberts embarked on a stellar career with the Essex County Prosecutor's office in Newark, New Jersey. Starting out as a detective, Richie excelled in his investigations of organized crime figures operating in New Jersey. His keen instincts led to numerous arrests and convictions. As a result of his success in that arena, coupled by his obtaining a law degree, he was promoted to an assistant prosecutor and assigned to head up the then newly formed Bureau of Narcotics, where he interfaced with like agencies in other jurisdictions, including the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Richie's career which was already on the fast track, catapulted after making national headlines following his team's dedicated efforts led to the arrest and conviction of the biggest heroin distribution ring on the east coast, known as the Country Boys. Huge quantities of heroin were seized, removed from circulation and kept from the veins of users. The major goal he desired and achieved was the conviction of the kingpin of the distribution network, Frank Lucas. After spending a few more years putting away the bad guys, Richie left the prosecutor's office and started a private practice as a criminal defense attorney. He even developed a friendship with Frank Lucas that lasted until Frank died in 2018. Unfortunately, Richie's career in the legal profession ended poorly after his reputation was wrongly poisoned by devious persons. Today, he is determined to set the record straight. AMERICAN MAVERICK, TARGET: AMERICAN GANGSTERS will be approximately 68,000 words, containing several photographs."

Creating a World Without Poverty

Creating a World Without Poverty
Author: Muhammad Yunus
Publisher: Public Affairs
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2009-01-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1586486675

The author describes his vision for an innovative business model that would combine the power of free markets with a quest for a more humane, egalitarian world that could help alleviate world poverty, inequality, and other social problems.

Capitalism and Disability

Capitalism and Disability
Author: Marta Russell
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2019-08-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1608467163

Spread out over many years and many different publications, the late author and activist Marta Russell wrote a number of groundbreaking and insightful essays on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. In this volume, Russell’s various essays are brought together in one place in order to provide a useful and expansive resource to those interested in better understanding the ways in which the modern phenomenon of disability is shaped by capitalist economic and social relations. The essays range in analysis from the theoretical to the topical, including but not limited to: the emergence of disability as a “human category” rooted in the rise of industrial capitalism and the transformation of the conditions of work, family, and society corresponding thereto; a critique of the shortcomings of a purely “civil rights approach” to addressing the persistence of disability oppression in the economic sphere, with a particular focus on the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; an examination of the changing position of disabled people within the overall system of capitalist production utilizing the Marxist economic concepts of the reserve army of the unemployed, the labor theory of value, and the exploitation of wage-labor; the effects of neoliberal capitalist policies on the living conditions and social position of disabled people as it pertains to welfare, income assistance, health care, and other social security programs; imperialism and war as a factor in the further oppression and immiseration of disabled people within the United States and globally; and the need to build unity against the divisive tendencies which hide the common economic interest shared between disabled people and the often highly-exploited direct care workers who provide services to the former.

Capitalism without Capital

Capitalism without Capital
Author: Jonathan Haskel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0691183295

Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, the ability to deploy assets that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the main source of long-term success. But this is not just a familiar story of the so-called new economy. Capitalism without Capital shows that the growing importance of intangible assets has also played a role in some of the larger economic changes of the past decade, including the growth in economic inequality and the stagnation of productivity. Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake explore the unusual economic characteristics of intangible investment and discuss how an economy rich in intangibles is fundamentally different from one based on tangibles. Capitalism without Capital concludes by outlining how managers, investors, and policymakers can exploit the characteristics of an intangible age to grow their businesses, portfolios, and economies.