the road to serfdom, i didnt even start that bitch, the class lectures were upsetting (or maybe it was the sweatervest tassled-hair pussies that loved it so much they nutted all over it in class)
LOL, I hated that fucking book. I got through about half of it before I got tired of his strawmen and the total lack of historical analysis (e.g. arguing that the Nazis and KPD drew their membership from the same social strata).
So far, I think "A Brief History of Neoliberalism", by David Harvey, is one of my favorites. It gives a great overview of globalization, beginning with the end of Keynesian economics in the late 70's, and cites case studies from all over the world (China, Mexico, South Africa, the U.S., etc). It's heavy on statistics but is a pretty short read (a little over 100 pages, if I remember correctly).
"The Amoral Elephant" is another one I'm really enjoying so far, also about globalization, but looking at the role of finance capital, and seems to give greater priority to class analysis than the Harvey book. It's heavy on economic terminology, but you probably wouldn't have any problems given your background.
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what books you think i would be interested in?
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So far, I think "A Brief History of Neoliberalism", by David Harvey, is one of my favorites. It gives a great overview of globalization, beginning with the end of Keynesian economics in the late 70's, and cites case studies from all over the world (China, Mexico, South Africa, the U.S., etc). It's heavy on statistics but is a pretty short read (a little over 100 pages, if I remember correctly).
"The Amoral Elephant" is another one I'm really enjoying so far, also about globalization, but looking at the role of finance capital, and seems to give greater priority to class analysis than the Harvey book. It's heavy on economic terminology, but you probably wouldn't have any problems given your background.
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