There is now a constant flow, if not a flood, of books on the various overlapping crises of the present climate change and ecological destruction, the economic crisis, peak oil etc.. In The Entropy of Capitalism, however, Robert Biel has produced an analysis, synthesizing all of these developments, that certainly deserves a place on your bookshelf. It is a fascinating and insightful book, about which there is too much to say, every page warranting copious marginalia and underlining. David Tyfield, Journal of Critical Realism Overall, The Entropy of Capitalism constitutes an important contribution to the debate on the (un)sustainability of capitalism, and offers an interesting complement to similar theories, like Gunther Teubner's idea of 'systemic addiction.' The book is very thoroughly researched, and made even more interesting by the author's own involvement in transition initiatives (like Transition Town Brixton) and the urban agriculture movement. Luigi Russi, The Commons Sense
There is now a constant flow, if not a flood, of books on the various overlapping crises of the present - climate change and ecological destruction, the economic crisis, peak oil etc.. In The Entropy of Capitalism, however, Robert Biel has produced an analysis, synthesizing all of these developments, that certainly deserves a place on your bookshelf. It is a fascinating and insightful book, about which there is too much to say, every page warranting copious marginalia and underlining. -David Tyfield, Journal of Critical Realism Overall, The Entropy of Capitalism constitutes an important contribution to the debate on the (un)sustainability of capitalism, and offers an interesting complement to similar theories, like Gunther Teubner's idea of 'systemic addiction.' The book is very thoroughly researched, and made even more interesting by the author's own involvement in transition initiatives (like Transition Town Brixton) and the urban agriculture movement. -Luigi Russi, The Commons Sense
