Capital And Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult

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Through a series of incisive conversations with some of the most eminent thinkers and political economists of the Left - including Noam Chomsky, David Harvey, Tariq Ali, Mike Davis, Leo Panitch and Ellen Meiksins Wood - Capital and Its Discontents illuminates the dynamic contradictions undermining capitalism and the subsequent potential for its dethroning. Groundbreaking and pertinent, Capital and Its Discontents is destined to become a classic within its field.

Sasha Lilley is a writer, broadcaster, and host of Against the Grain on KPFA Radio, the flagship station of the Pacifica Network. She is the series editor of Spectre, the PM Press political economy imprint. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

"These conversations illuminate the current world situation in ways that are very useful for those hoping to orient themselves and find a way forward to effective individual and collective action. Highly recommended." --Kim Stanley Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mars Trilogy and The Years of Rice and Salt "In this fine set of interviews, an A-list of radical political economists demonstrate why their skills are indispensable to understanding today's multiple economic and ecological crises." --Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved and The Value of Nothing "Capital and Its Discontents presents the thought of many of the most astute analysts of contemporary political economic and cultural developments in accessible interview form. Sasha Lilley's wide-ranging and probing questions prompt her interviewees to address the intersecting crises of our time and to outline frameworks for understanding and responding to them. This collection of interviews introduces the reader to much of the best thinking about social issues on the U.S. left today." --Barbara Epstein, UC Santa Cruz "Reading this wonderful book feels like having a face to face discussion with each author. These brilliant radical thinkers from many parts of the world generously and lucidly share their knowledge and insights on capitalism, empire, and resistance." --Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, historian and author of Red Dirt and Outlaw Woman "This is an extremely important book. It is the most detailed, comprehensive, and best study yet published on the most recent capitalist crisis and its discontents. Sasha Lilley sets each interview in its context, writing with style, scholarship, and wit about ideas and philosophies." --Andrej Grubacic, radical sociologist and social critic, author of Don't Mourn, Balkanize! and coauthor of Wobblies and Zapatistas