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PublisherVerso Books

ISBN-101839762055

ISBN-139781839762055

eBay Product ID (ePID)4050410121

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Number of Pages112 Pages

Publication NameCorona Crash : How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

SubjectPolitical Economy, World / European, General, Infectious Diseases, Commentary & Opinion, Disease & Health Issues, Epidemiology

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Medical

AuthorGrace Blakeley

SeriesCoronavirus Pamphlets Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight3 Oz

Item Length7 in

Item Width4.4 in

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LCCN2021-287890

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsPraise for Stolen: "The best thing I've read about how we got into this mess, and how we get out." -- Frankie Boyle "One of the most inspiring, thought provoking and insightful voices on the left offers a route map out of this crisis - and this is a must read anyone who wants to change the world." -- Owen Jones "A clear, accessible and informative guide to left economics, showing how we got to this era of capitalist crisis, environmental catastrophe and insurgent socialist revival. Grace Blakeley offers radical solutions to an exploitative and unfair system." -- Bhaskar Sunkara, Jacobin "Grace Blakeley is one of the sharpest of a new generation of economic and political thinkers, with a gift for clearly and eloquently explaining how we got to the crisis point we're in, and why only radical transformation will get us out. A must-read for today's activists on both sides of the Atlantic." -- Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt, "The only solution, [Blakeley] believes, is an enormous global Green New Deal. It would be hard to find a purer iteration of the socialist critique of modern capitalism in a pandemic age." --Zachary Karabell, New York Times Book Review "One of the most inspiring, thought-provoking and insightful voices on the left." --Owen Jones, author of Chavs "Grace Blakeley asserts the need for Covid-19 to be a global wake-up call." -- Guardian ("Biggest Books of Autumn 2020") "Blakeley asks the question: if we are already living in a planned economy, shouldn't those making the decisions be subject to scrutiny? Shouldn't the plans that determine how we live our lives be decided democratically?" -- Labour Hub "An urgent read ... inspiring and thought-provoking, offering expansive resolutions in line with the Green New Deal that could transform our political, economic, and social systems." --Anna Cafolla, Dazed "An excellent exposition of pre-Covid trends towards parasitic dependence of corporate and financial capital on state monetary policy." -- Bryn Jones, Chartist "Illuminating ... Blakeley connects the dots and draws out the economic and political processes that have led from the postwar boom ... to the current 'corona crash.'" -- Socialist Appeal

Dewey Decimal362.1962/414

SynopsisFree market, competitive capitalism is dead. The separation between politics and economics can no longer be sustained. In The Corona Crash , leading economics commentator Grace Blakeley theorises about the epoch-making changes that the coronavirus brings in its wake. We are living through a unique moment in history. The pandemic has caused the deepest global recession since the Second World War. Meanwhile the human cost is reflected in a still-rising death toll, as many states find themselves unable--and some unwilling--to grapple with the effects of the virus. Whatever happens, we can never go back to business as usual. This crisis will tip us into a new era of monopoly capitalism, argues Blakeley, as the corporate economy collapses into the arms of the state, and the tech giants grow to unprecedented proportions. We need a radical response. The recovery could see the transformation of our political, economic, and social systems based on the principles of the Green New Deal. If not, the alternatives, as Blakeley warns, may be even worse than we feared.

LC Classification NumberRA644.C67B557 2020