Capitalism vs. Freedom by Rob Larson
For years, we've been taught that capitalism is good for freedom. Dominant right-wing talk radio hosts to this day recommend libertarian classics like Hayek's Road to Serfdom and Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom that claim markets free us, and this picture still dominates the schools and the political spectrum. Well get bent, one percent, because Rob Larson's Capitalism vs. Freedom: The Toll Road to Serfdom puts big business under a microscope. This book debunks the conservative classics while demonstrating that the marketplace has its own great centers of power, which the libertarian tradition itself claims is a limit to freedom. In fact, Larson illustrates how capitalism fails both this and other concepts of human liberty--not just failing to establish a right to a share of society's production, but also leaving us subject to the great power plays of the one percent's corporate property.
Rob Larson is a professor of economics at Tacoma Community College in Washington State and the author of Bleakonomics. He's written broadly, including for In These Times, Dollars & Sense and Jacobin, and has appeared on Alternative Radio and other programs.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781785357336 |
| ISBN 10 | 1785357336 |
| Title | Capitalism vs. Freedom |
| Author | Rob Larson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Collective Ink |
| Year published | 2018-06-29 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
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