Capitalism: A Global History

This book explores the history of capitalism—looking at its origins, effects, implications, and more. The author argues that capitalism is hardly only a European creation, tracing its history across different continents and exploring its development in tandem with other aspects of history, including colonization. The book explores the effects that the hierarchies of this economic system bring, exploring these as structures that haunt us that we might not even be aware as being present. Looking at the effects across 6 of the 7 continents, this exploration is wide and deep—analyzing everything from the institutions to the “free markets” that sustain it. In addition to documenting this and a lot more, it also explores something important—a vision beyond; the book explains that part of capitalism’s allure lies in how natural and universal it can seem to us, but there is a better and different worlds possible--ones that look beyond.