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Jason Hickel: Less is More (Hardcover, 2020, William Heinemann)

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Ames wants to read The Red Deal by The Red Nation

The Red Nation: The Red Deal (Paperback, 2021, Common Notions)

The Red Deal by The Red Nation

When the Red Nation released their call for a Red Deal, it generated coverage in places from Teen Vogue to …

Ames wants to read A People's Green New Deal by Max Ajl

Max Ajl, Max Ajl: A People's Green New Deal (2021, Pluto Press)

A People's Green New Deal by Max Ajl, Max Ajl

The idea of a Green New Deal was launched into popular consciousness by US Congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2018. Evocative …

Ames wants to read Half-Earth Socialism by Troy Vettese

Troy Vettese, Drew Pendergrass: Half-Earth Socialism (Paperback, 2022, Verso)

Half-Earth Socialism by Troy Vettese, Drew Pendergrass

Over the next generation, humanity will confront a dystopian future of climate disaster and mass extinction. Yet the only ‘solutions’ …

Ames wants to read Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism by David Harvey

David Harvey: Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism (2014, Oxford University Press)

Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism by David Harvey

Ames wants to read Anti-Capitalist Chronicles by David Harvey

David Harvey: Anti-Capitalist Chronicles (2020, Pluto Press)

Anti-Capitalist Chronicles by David Harvey

Amidst waves of economic crises, health crises, class struggle and neo-fascist reaction, few possess the clarity and foresight of world-renowned …

Ames wants to read The sane society by Erich Fromm (Holt paperback -- HRW81)

Erich Fromm: The sane society (1976, Holt, Rinehart and Winston)

The sane society by Erich Fromm (Holt paperback -- HRW81)

Ames wants to read Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber

David Graeber: Bullshit Jobs (Hardcover, 2018, Allen Lane)

Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber

Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% …

Ames finished reading Less is More by Jason Hickel

Less is More by Jason Hickel

The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to …

Ames reviewed Less is More by Jason Hickel

The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now …

Everything is fucked. Can we stop doing this shit?

4 stars

Incredibly eye-opening. I especially appreciated the "Capitalism: A Creation Story" section and the vision for a post-capitalist economy.

This book also informed me of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement, a source of hope I plan to cling to as it was massively depressing, albeit freeing, to learn just how much everything is fucked (for now?).

One star docked for redundancy that made it difficult to get through towards the end.

Ames wants to read Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil

Cathy O'Neil: Weapons of Math Destruction (Paperback, 2017, Broadway Books)

Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil

A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to …

Ames wants to read Bit Tyrants by Rob Larson

No cover — Rob Larson: Bit Tyrants (2020, Haymarket Books)

Bit Tyrants by Rob Larson

Ames wants to read The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff

Shoshana Zuboff: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism (2019, Public Affairs)

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff

"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her …