Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future - Couverture souple

Mason MS, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0374536732 ISBN 13 : 9780374536732

Editeur : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017

Synopsis

We know that our world is undergoing seismic change--but how can we emerge from the crisis a fairer, more equal society?

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Paul Mason

Paul's interdisciplinary practice spans a number of Chambers' practice areas. In particular, serious crime, media law, international crime and public law. This includes judicial review challenges in a criminal justice context; acting for media organisations and journalists in cases concerning free speech and defending those exercising their right to protest. Before being called to the Bar, Paul was a researcher in the Public Law Team at the Law Commission. He was also Director of Postgraduate Research and Senior Lecturer in the Cardiff School of Journalism Previously, he was a Reader in Criminology He is widely published, including four books and numerous journal articles and book chapters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374536732
• ISBN 13: 9780374536732
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible