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Policy Specialist at the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE). Formerly @ WEALL. Educator, Advocate, and Kibbitzer. https://t.co/kPrq1m8hFo

19 books
Book Cover for: My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

Elena Ferrante
Daniel Wortel-LondonDaniel Wortel-London

“[T]here are no gestures, words, or sighs that do not contain the sum of all the crimes that human beings have committed or will commit.” Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend (2011)

Paperback, 2012

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Share Our Wealth: A Manual for the Share Our Wealth Society, Huey P. Long

Share Our Wealth: A Manual for the Share Our Wealth Society

Huey P. Long
Daniel Wortel-LondonDaniel Wortel-London

In 1935, the Huey Long's Share Our Wealth organization had 7.5 million members - compared to the CP's 30,000 members and the SP's 19,121 members. That there hasn't been more interest in the achievement of Long, Upton Sinclair, and other non-socialist left-populists is tragic. https://t.co/xubhkuFJXM

Paperback, 2020

$7.99Member price:$7.19 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Whitman: Poems: Edited by Peter Washington, Walt Whitman

Whitman: Poems: Edited by Peter Washington

Walt Whitman
Daniel Wortel-LondonDaniel Wortel-London

In 1940, the ILGWU put on a giant pageant for their New York City Convention based on poems of Walt Whitman. https://t.co/Ll5XuD031C Here's a recording of that performance recorded by the ILGWU chorus. https://t.co/QrYL5tutkR

Hardcover, 1994

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Nature, John Stuart Mill

Nature

John Stuart Mill
Daniel Wortel-LondonDaniel Wortel-London

The best state for human nature is that while while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor has any reason to fear being thrust back by the efforts of others to push themselves forward. - John Stuart Mill

Hardcover, 2010

$34.95Member price:$31.45 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Economics: An Awkward Corner, Joan Robinson

Economics: An Awkward Corner

Joan Robinson
Daniel Wortel-LondonDaniel Wortel-London

The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists. - Joan Robinson, 1955.

Paperback, 2018

$54.99Member price:$52.24 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Treason to Whiteness Is Loyalty to Humanity, Noel Ignatiev

Treason to Whiteness Is Loyalty to Humanity

Noel Ignatiev
Daniel Wortel-LondonDaniel Wortel-London

I had my first brush with Anti-Semitism on this website for talking about white supremacy. So, here's a link to a new Verso book: Treason to Whiteness is Loyalty to Humanity, by Noel Ignatiev with an introduction by David R. Roediger. Enjoy! https://t.co/6OZ5S6wFyk https://t.co/yya5y1vkaH

Paperback, 2022

$34.95Member price:$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Fiscal Crisis of the State, James O'Connor

The Fiscal Crisis of the State

James O'Connor
Daniel Wortel-LondonDaniel Wortel-London

What do we think of James O’Connor’s arguments in The Fiscal Crisis of the State? Has history born them out since the early 1970s, or are they largely irrelevant?

Hardcover, 2017

$210.00Member price:$199.50 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: The Costs of Economic Growth: Revised Edition, E. Mishan

The Costs of Economic Growth: Revised Edition

E. Mishan
Daniel Wortel-LondonDaniel Wortel-London

The Costs of Economic Growth, by Ezra J. Mishan. True then, True now. @ClubOfRome https://t.co/sv1MmxmIPw

Hardcover, 1993

$95.00Member price:$95.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications, Herman E. Daly

Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications

Herman E. Daly
Daniel Wortel-LondonDaniel Wortel-London

Right now I’m reading through Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications, by Joshua Farley and Herman E. Daly. Highly, highly recommended https://t.co/N2pXG6E2AK

Hardcover, 2010

$89.00Member price:$89.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Ecological Economics: A Workbook for Problem-Based Learning, Joshua Farley

Ecological Economics: A Workbook for Problem-Based Learning

Joshua Farley
Daniel Wortel-LondonDaniel Wortel-London

Right now I’m reading through Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications, by Joshua Farley and Herman E. Daly. Highly, highly recommended https://t.co/N2pXG6E2AK

Paperback, 2005

$32.00Member price:$32.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)