Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI

Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI - Hardcover

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by John Cassidy (Author)

A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2025
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of 2025


A sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics.

Capitalism has long been understood as a driving force behind the biggest political, economic, and social dislocations of our time. But in this sweeping, kaleidoscopic history of the economic system that has shaped our world, the Pulitzer Prize finalist John Cassidy adopts a bold new approach: he examines global capitalism through the eyes of its critics.

From the English Luddites, who rebelled against early factory automation, to communists in Germany and Russia in the early twentieth century, Latin American dependistas, the international Wages for Housework campaign of the 1970s, and the modern degrowth movement, this absorbing narrative traverses the globe. It visits with familiar names--Smith, Carlyle, Marx, Luxemburg, Keynes, Polanyi--but also focuses on many lesser-known figures, including William Thompson, the Irish proto-socialist whose work influenced Marx; Flora Tristan, the French proponent of a universal labor union; John Hobson, the original theorist of imperialism; J.C. Kumarappa, the Indian exponent of Gandhian economics; Eric Williams, the Trinidadian author of a famous thesis on slavery and capitalism; and Joan Robinson, the Cambridge economist and critic of the Cold War.

Blending rich biography, panoramic history, and lively exploration of economic theories, Capitalism and Its Critics tells an expansive story that illuminates the deep roots of many of the most urgent issues we face today, from widening inequality and the ecological crisis to technological transformation and resurgent authoritarian politics.

Author Biography

John Cassidy is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of Dot.con: The Greatest Story Ever Sold and How Markets Fail, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction. He lives in New York City.

Number of Pages: 624
Dimensions: 1.92 x 9.48 x 6.41 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: May 13, 2025

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