Paul mason book postcapitalism

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He argues that the digital revolution has the potential to reshape utterly our familiar notions of work, production and value. Surveying this turbulent history, paul masons postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of a change so big and so profound that this time capitalism itself, the immensely complex system within which entire societies function, will mutate into something wholly new. The cyclical motion of neoliberal boom and bust is, according to paul masons most recent book, stalling. From paul mason, the awardwinning channel 4 presenter, postcapitalism is a guide to our era of seismic economic change, and how we can build a more equal society. Straddling the border between political economy and social theory, masons postcapitalism. Although masons book is irresistibly readable, this clarity should not deceive us. In the book, mason discusses the existential threat posed to capitalism by the digital revolution. This book brings to you some of the best contributions published on social europe over the second half of 2019 in easily accessible ebook and. But even if you love the current capitalist system, it would be a mistake to ignore the book. A guide to our future is a 2015 book by british journalist and writer paul mason.

But before we get there, we need to manage a couple of problems that capitalism has created for us which present, as the title to masons penultimate chapter suggests, a rational case for panic. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading postcapitalism. Paul mason s 2015 book, postcapitalism a guide to our future, provides a striking visualization of a possible exit from the disasters of our current capitalist world system to something else. Paul masons 2015 book, postcapitalism a guide to our future, provides a striking visualization of a possible exit from the disasters of our current capitalist world. But this fresh and insightful book illuminates the present in unexpected, revelatory ways. Over the past two centuries or so, capitalism has undergone continual change economic cycles that lurch from boom to bust and has always emerged transformed and strengthened. A guide to our future aims to reveal the kernel of. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. For mason weaves together varied intellectual threads. Surveying this turbulent history, paul mason s postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of a change so big and so profound that this time capitalism itself, the immensely complex system within which entire societies function, will mutate into something wholly new. The most important book about our economy and society to be published in my lifetime irvine welsh. In that sense, mason is a worthy successor to marx.