Name: Escape From Capitalism. Economics is Political, and Other Liberating Truths
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Author: Clara E. Mattei
ISBN: 9780241742181

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Escape From Capitalism. Economics is Political, and Other Liberating Truths

Type

Physical Book

Author

Clara E. Mattei

Publisher

Allen Lane

Year

2026

Pages

256

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.20 x 13.80 x 2.80 cm

ISBN13

9780241742181

Escape From Capitalism. Economics is Political, and Other Liberating Truths

Clara E. Mattei (Author) · Allen Lane · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Escape From Capitalism. Economics is Political, and Other Liberating Truths"

Economics is sold as pure and apolitical: scientific, neutral, exact. This urgent book exposes its true role: to convince us there’s no alternative to capitalism.

We live in a world dominated by the dogma that austerity is necessary, unemployment natural, endless wars inevitable and central banks all-powerful. It doesn’t have to be this way.

In her bold, ground-breaking manifesto, economist Clara E. Mattei tears the mask off our economic system. She unpacks key concepts like growth, inflation, unemployment and balanced budgets to show how they’re weaponized to enforce market dependence, not freedom, stripping us of the power to shape the democratic decisions that govern our daily lives. Enduring problems such as poverty and inequality are not accidents or bugs in the economy, but core features – justified with pseudoscientific models to support a system that unfairly rewards people with the most resources.

Why should we accept this? Capitalism, Mattei argues, isn’t inevitable, scientific, or natural – it's a relatively young system that can be replaced. Inspired by a lineage of political resistance, Escape from Capitalism calls for us to challenge the broken economics of our times, and pave the way towards liberation.

Clara E. Mattei

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Clara E. Mattei (nacida en 1988) es una economista y académica italiana, profesora en la Universidad de Tulsa, conocida por su trabajo sobre la historia del capitalismo, la austeridad y la relación entre las ideas económicas y la política tecnocrática, especialmente explorado en su libro El orden del capital, donde analiza la austeridad como herramienta contra el movimiento obrero, conectando sus orígenes con el fascismo, y ahora investiga la Edad de Oro del capitalismo.

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