Escape From Capitalism

A compelling and insightful book on austerity that, through meticulous research and historical documentation, unveils the deep political forces behind economic decisions and offers essential tools for understanding today’s world -- Thomas Piketty A brilliantly illuminating book that reveals how political power is encoded within the very structure of economic theory -- Adam Tooze Clara Mattei has written a powerful plaidoyer for the return of economics to what it was, and should be: an art and science for the improvement of lives of ordinary people not a seemingly non-political and technocratic instrument for the enrichment of the few -- Branko Milanovic The increasingly dysfunctional capital order we live in is neither inevitable nor permanent. Clara Mattei brilliantly shows this order was built by design and provocatively challenges us to imagine new, genuinely democratic ones in its place -- Daniela Gabor A book for the times. Mattei takes aim at the notion that the forces which regulate market and social outcomes are socially neutral -- Anwar Shaikh Mattei concisely and elegantly runs through common claims in capitalism’s favour… Readers will come away ready for change * Publishers Weekly *