The People's Republic of Walmart
How the World's Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
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The People's Republic of Walmart
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Narrated by:
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Eric Jason Martin
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Written by:
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Leigh Phillips
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Michal Rozworski
About this listen
Since the demise of the USSR, the mantle of the largest planned economies in the world has been taken up by the likes of Walmart, Amazon, and other multinational corporations.
For the left and the right, major multinational companies are held up as the ultimate expressions of free-market capitalism. Their remarkable success appears to vindicate the old idea that modern society is too complex to be subjected to a plan. And yet, as Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski argue, much of the economy of the West is centrally planned at present. Not only is planning on vast scales possible, we already have it and it works. The real question is whether planning can be democratic. Can it be transformed to work for us?
An engaging, polemical romp through economic theory, computational complexity, and the history of planning, The People's Republic of Walmart revives the conversation about how society can extend democratic decision-making to all economic matters. With the advances in information technology in recent decades and the emergence of globe-straddling collective enterprises, democratic planning in the interest of all humanity is more important and closer to attainment than ever before.
©2019 Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski (P)2019 TantorWhat listeners say about The People's Republic of Walmart
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- Rob V
- 2020-10-22
A must read for everybody
The People’s Republic of Walmart is perhaps the best constructed and articulated argument for a democratic, socialist planned economy that exists today. Written in approachable language, with more than a few moments of witty humour aiding the reader in understanding complex ideas, Phillips and Rozworski masterfully detail the fallacies of the free market, the failings of capitalism, and how we can practically reshape our economies (local and global) to benefit the many instead of the few. I highly recommend to anybody with an interest in economics and social justice, and highly encourage anybody with market-oriented political leanings to give it a meaningful shot. There is something for everybody to learn in this book.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Sara Mae Moore
- 2024-03-22
Beyond Boring
Narrator is appropriate to content - Boring. Great if you are in the market ( pun intended) for a one sided tale of propaganda. Waste of a credit.
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