

Capitalism, Alone
The Future of the System That Rules the World
Author: Branko Milanovic
Narrator: Bob Souer
Unabridged: 8 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 12/19/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Business & Economics
Synopsis
Milanovic argues that capitalism has triumphed because it works. It delivers prosperity and gratifies human desires for autonomy. But it comes with a moral price, pushing us to treat material success as the ultimate goal. And it offers no guarantee of stability. In the West, liberal capitalism creaks under the strains of inequality and capitalist excess. That model now fights for hearts and minds with political capitalism, exemplified by China, which many claim is more efficient, but which is more vulnerable to corruption and, when growth is slow, social unrest. As for the economic problems of the Global South, Milanovic offers a creative, if controversial, plan for large-scale migration.