The Co-operative Revolution

A Graphic Novel

Polyp

As the dominant economic system is increasingly called into question, the time of the co-operative has well and truly come. Illustrating the history of the co-operative movement from its humble...

Nine-Tenths of the Law

Property and Resistance in the United States

Hannah Dobbz

How does "property" fit into designs for an equitable society? Nine-Tenths of the Law examines the history of squatting and property struggles in the US, from colonialism...

The Crises of Capitalism

A Different Study of Political Economy

Saral Sarkar

For nearly 300 years, capitalism propelled the world's most successful economies to new heights of development. But a spate of global environmental disasters and severe economic crises compels...

Democracy At Work

A Cure for Capitalism

Richard Wolff

Capitalism—the system—has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid-for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. Whether it is secure, well-paid, and...

Of the People, By the People

The Case for a Participatory Economy

Robin Hahnel

Unless the economy is of the people and by the people it will never be for the people. This book is for people who want to know what a desirable alternative to capitalism might look like. It is for...

Occupy the Economy

Challenging Capitalism

Richard Wolff

Today’s economic crisis is capitalism’s worst since the Great Depression. Millions have lost their jobs, homes and healthcare while those who work watch their pensions, benefits, and job security...

The Making of the Indebted Man

An Essay on the Neoliberal Condition

Maurizio Lazzarato

New in Semiotext(e)'s Intervention Series (#13)! Debt—both public debt and private debt—has become a major concern of economic and political leaders. In The Making of the Indebted...

Divided World Divided Class

Global Political Economy and the Stratification of Labour Under Capitalism

Zak Cope

Divided World Divided Class charts the history of the ‘labour aristocracy’ in the capitalist world system, from its roots in colonialism to its birth and eventual maturation into a...

Women and Economics

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

This masterpiece of social science, first published in 1898, explores the evolution of women's economic reliance on men. Gilman discusses the limitations in intellectual and emotional development...