Book Club - 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
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Welcome to the Seattle Intellectual Book Club! The 46th book we are reading is called "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism" by Ha-Joon Chang.
Come grab a drink, discuss and hang out.
*Please note that it's okay if you don't finish the book but please make an effort to at least start reading the book.
Agenda:
6:30pm - 7:00pm Arrive & please buy drinks to support our venue if able
7:00pm - 8:30pm Group Discussion
Please let me know if you have any suggestions for upcoming books for the group to read, venues to meet at or any other constructive feedback on the format.
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Here is the book description from Amazon:
""For anyone who wants to understand capitalism not as economists or politicians have pictured it but as it actually operates, this book will be invaluable."-Observer (UK)
If you've wondered how we did not see the economic collapse coming, Ha-Joon Chang knows the answer: We didn't ask what they didn't tell us about capitalism. This is a lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists-the apostles of the freemarket-have spun since the Age of Reagan.
Chang, the author of the international bestseller Bad Samaritans, is one of the world's most respected economists, a voice of sanity-and wit-in the tradition of John Kenneth Galbraith and Joseph Stiglitz. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism equips readers with an understanding of how global capitalism works-and doesn't. In his final chapter, "How to Rebuild the World," Chang offers a vision of how we can shape capitalism to humane ends, instead of becoming slaves of the market."