Consequences of Capitalism, Noam Chomsky
Consequences of Capitalism, Noam Chomsky
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Consequences of Capitalism
Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance

Author: Noam Chomsky, Marv Waterstone

Narrator: Donald Corren

Unabridged: 14 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/05/2021

Synopsis

Is there an alternative to capitalism? In this landmark text Chomsky and Waterstone chart a critical map for a more just and sustainable society.“Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity…Everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands.” —From the afterwordHow do politics shape our world, our lives, and our perceptions? How much of “common sense” is actually driven by the ruling class’ needs and interests? And how are we to challenge the capitalist structures that now threaten all life on the planet?Consequences of Capitalism exposes the deep, often unseen connections between neoliberal “common sense” and structural power. In making these linkages, we see how the current hegemony keeps social justice movements divided and marginalized. And, most importantly, we see how we can fight to overcome these divisions.

About Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is institute professor (emeritus) in the department of linguistics and philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the program of environment and social justice at the University of Arizona. Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political works, which have been translated into scores of languages worldwide, including What Kind of Creatures Are We?, Optimism over Despair, and Internationalism or Extinction.

About Marv Waterstone

Marv Waterstone is professor emeritus in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, where he has been a faculty member for over thirty years. His most recent books are Wageless Life: A Manifesto for a Future beyond Capitalism (coauthored with Ian Shaw) and Geographic Thought: A Praxis Perspective (coedited with George Henderson).

About Donald Corren

Michael Albert is an organizer, publisher, teacher, and author of over twenty books and hundreds of articles. He cofounded South End Press, Z Magazine, the Z Media Institute, ZNet, and various other projects, and works full time for Z Communications. He is the author of Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Randall

At the start of WWI in order to get “a pacifist population to become raving anti-German hysterics”, While the BSO was forced to stop playing Beethoven, while Walter Lippman and Edward Bernays sat amazed watching people, who once thought for themselves, jump right in line and Lippman realized it was......more

Goodreads review by Irene

Absolutely brilliant. I was familiar with the issues discussed but I was blissfully unaware of much of the historical context for a lot of American policy. My cynicism now has cynicism.......more

Goodreads review by Tanja

This book is based on a series of lectures held by Noam Chomsky and Marv Waterstone. It's the most scathing criticism that I have read about neo-liberalistic policy. I'm a liberal leftie and despite this - or maybe because of it - I was shocked. After all, it's my firm belief that the neoliberalisti......more

Goodreads review by Mark

The new stage of capitalism recognizes that serving the genuine needs of people can be less lucrative than selling predictions of their behavior. Comprised of transcripts of lectures given by Chomsky and Waterstone. Three fundamental consequences of capitalism: 1. the environmental and climate c......more

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