Richard D. Wolff Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Richard D. Wolff is an economist. Host of #EconomicUpdate, Prof. of Economics Emeritus @UMassAmherst, visiting Prof. @TheNewSchool, founder @democracyatwrk. #WeCanDoBetterThanCapitalism
Bloodbath Nation
Paul AusterRichard D. WolffThis graphic plus new (2023) book (Bloodbath Nation) by US writer, Paul Auster, expose the ongoing horror of a profit-driven culture of personal and political violence. All the more so in an epoch of system decline. https://t.co/ul0pMrG2qs https://t.co/9ppQtVVrkF https://t.co/7Jq910XSkf
Paperback, 2025
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On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane
Emily GuendelsbergerRichard D. WolffCapitalism's profit drive improves robots to be more like humans while its leading bosses (Walmart, Amazon, Starbucks etc) force employees to work ever more like robots. See Emily Guendelsberger's 2019 book On the Clock: What Low Wage Work Did to Me & How it Drives America Insane
Paperback, 2020
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Jackson Rising Redux: Lessons on Building the Future in the Present
Kali AkunoRichard D. WolffJackson Rising Redux is a new book by the movement for grassroots-centered Black community control and self-determination. Support the Kickstarter with @CooperationJXN & @PMPressOrg for the new book edited by @KaliAkuno & Matt Meyer with Foreword by me: https://bit.ly/3rXAyyl
Paperback, 2023
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism
Wendy LiuRichard D. Wolff"I think there is a kernel of innovation that capitalism has been able to take advantage of. I don't think [the kernel of innovation] is intrinsic to capitalism." From Wendy Liu, author of "Abolish Silicon Valley", on #EconomicUpdate https://t.co/98DRmVEUvx
Paperback, 2020
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The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America--And How to Undo His Legacy
David GellesRichard D. WolffThe fortunes of capitalism are signaled by how its leaders are described: "captains of industry" or "robber barons." The latest book on one of them, GEs Jack Welch, suggests the pendulum is swinging back to "robber baron." About time. #HowCapitalismWorks
Paperback, 2023
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I Love Capitalism!: An American Story
Ken LangoneRichard D. WolffUS billionaire Ken Langone of Home Depot (1) is major funder of Joe Manchin, (2) celebrates Manchin's votes against Biden's programs, and (3) authored book he titled "I Love Capitalism!" Yesiree: capitalism gets best gov't money can buy. https://t.co/2gBIEnJnUf
Hardcover, 2018
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Prison Notebooks: Volume 1
Antonio GramsciRichard D. Wolff2021 marks 50 years since the first English edition of Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks. His Marxism recognized how culture and politics shape economics as much as vice versa. That insight also applies today. https://t.co/gE9s0xPvp6
Paperback, 2011
$37.00$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book