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Vulture Capitalism
- Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom
- Narrated by: Grace Blakeley
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In the vein of The Shock Doctrine and Evil Geniuses, this timely and “galvanizing” (Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author) manifesto illustrates how corporate and political power brokers have used capitalism to advance their own interests at the expense of the rest of us—and how we can take back our economy.
It’s easy to look at the state of the world around us and feel hopeless. We live in an era marked by war, climate crisis, political polarization, and acute inequality—and yet many of us feel powerless to do anything about these profound issues. We’ve been assured that unfettered capitalism is necessary to ensure our freedom and prosperity but why, in our age of unchecked corporate power, are most of us living paycheck to paycheck? When the economy falters, why do governments bail out corporations and shareholders but leave everyday people in the dust?
Now, acclaimed journalist and progressive star on the rise Grace Blakeley exposes the corrupt system that is failing all around us, pulling back the curtain on the free-market mythology we have been sold. She also clearly illustrates how, as corporate interests have taken hold, governments have historically been shifting away from competition and democracy towards monopoly and oligarchy.
Tracing over a century of neoliberal planning and backdoor bailouts, Blakeley takes us on a deeply reported tour of the corporate crimes, political maneuvering, and economic manipulation that elites have used to enshrine a global system of “vulture capitalism”—planned capitalist economies that benefit corporations and the uber-wealthy at the expense of the rest of us.
As “the sort of book that will help us make a better world” (Rob Delaney, New York Times bestselling author), Vulture Capitalism exposes the cracks already emerging within capitalism, lighting a path forward for how we can democratize our economy, not just our politics, to ensure true freedom for all.
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- Book Worm 73
- 2024-08-15
Performance didn’t do it for me
I heard the author in a Podcast so thought the narration would be good but it’s very dry. No emotion, just reading the words.
The content of the book is good. So much so that I returned the audio and purchased a physical copy.
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- Madalena Cohen
- 2024-09-26
Amazing view of our society!
I wish more people shared this perspective on the world. Grace Blakeley skillfully combines various facts and insights, weaving them together in a way that makes perfect sense.
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