The Sickness is the System, Richard D. Wolff
The Sickness is the System, Richard D. Wolff
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The Sickness is the System
When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself

Author: Richard D. Wolff

Narrator: Rick Adamson

Unabridged: 8 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/29/2021

Synopsis

The coronavirus pandemic, the deepening economic crash, dangerously divisive political responses, and exploding social tensions have thrown an already declining American capitalist system into a tailspin. The consequences of these mounting and intertwined crises will shape our future. In this unique collection of over fifty essays, The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself, Richard D. Wolff argues clearly that "returning to normal" no longer responds adequately to the accumulated problems of US capitalism. What is necessary, instead, is transition toward a new economic system that works for all of us.

About Richard D. Wolff

Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York. Wolff's recent work has concentrated on analyzing the causes and alternative solutions to the global economic crisis. His groundbreaking book Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism inspired the creation of Democracy at Work, a nonprofit organization dedicated to showing how and why to make democratic workplaces real.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on July 11, 2022

I don’t think that I’ve ever loved a book so much that had me pissed off from cover to cover. Richard Wolff is one of my new favorite people, and I was introduced to him through a podcast. He’s an economist who is a fierce critic of capitalism. This book is a collection of essays and other pieces of......more

Goodreads review by Bremer on February 15, 2021

Read the full review here: [URL not allowed]-s... Richard D. Wolff is a Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts and Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School University. He holds a BA in History (Harvard College)......more

Goodreads review by Mitchell on February 17, 2023

In this bundled collection of essays and expository commentary renown marxist economist Richard Wolfe draws upon history and recent modern events to offer poignant criticisms and alternatives to the worlds dominate social-economic system. Thought out listening to these essays I found any preconceive......more

Goodreads review by David on August 22, 2022

"Let´s learn from the failures made during the corona virus pandemic. Let's handle the basic needs we have as a society in a way that would be successful and would not be interfered with by a capitalist system that puts the priorities somewhere else -namely, on profit-. Profit is not always our abso......more

Goodreads review by Paige on December 03, 2022

Wolff on the economy in a time of Covid. I mean he isn't wrong about the way the system works but I think he overestimates the fragility of the system. The thing keeps lumbering on no matter how bad things get. I want a change but I think Wolff believes it will take less to sink this system than is......more

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