The rise and fall of unemployment, our dependence on the market for our livelihoods — such things are taken as a given. But economist Clara Mattei suggests we need to recognize them as being fundamentally political phenomena, not the product of natural laws outside of our control. She argues that a reconsideration of our capitalist economy is long overdue.
Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention Simon & Schuster, 2026
Forum for Real Economic Emancipation
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