Description: How Will Capitalism End? by Wolfgang Streeck The provocative political thinker asks if it will be with a bang or a whimper FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description After years of ill health, capitalism is now in a critical condition. Growth has given way to stagnation; inequality is leading to instability; and confidence in the money economy has all but evaporated.In How Will Capitalism End?, the acclaimed analyst of contemporary politics and economics Wolfgang Streeck argues that the world is about to change. The marriage between democracy and capitalism, ill-suited partners brought together in the shadow of World War Two, is coming to an end. The regulatory institutions that once restrained the financial sectors excesses have collapsed and, after the final victory of capitalism at the end of the Cold War, there is no political agency capable of rolling back the liberalization of the markets.Ours has become a world defined by declining growth, oligarchic rule, a shrinking public sphere, institutional corruption and international anarchy, and no cure to these ills is at hand. Notes In a collection of essays on a failing system, the author questions whether the end will come with a bang or a whimper. The most interesting person on the most urgent subject of our times Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian Author Biography Wolfgang Streeck is the director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Research in Cologne and Professor of Sociology at the University of Cologne. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics and a member of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences as well as the Academia Europaea. Review "Streecks title question-though never answered-opens a window onto the conflict between capitalism and democracy in the neoliberal era. That such a conflict exists is no surprise in Brazil, and still hidden to many in the United States, but a rude and inescapable shock to those who grew up with the comfortable illusions and utopian hopes of post-war Europe." - James Galbraith, author of The End of Normal "Neoliberalism continues to delimit political choice across the globe yet it is clear that the doctrine is in severe crisis. In Wolfgang Streecks powerful new book How Will Capitalism End? Streeck demonstrates that the maladies afflicting the world-from secular stagnation to rising violent instability-herald not just the decline of neoliberalism, but what may prove to be the terminal phase of global capitalism." - Paul Mason, author of Postcapitalism "At the heart our eras deepening crisis there lies a touching faith that capitalism, free markets and democracy go hand in hand. Wolfgang Streecks new book deconstructs this myth, exposing the deeply illiberal, irrational, anti-humanist tendencies of contemporary capitalism." - Yanis Varoufakis, author of And the Weak Suffer What They Must? "An important and stimulating book. It is especially interesting in the light of fashionable preoccupations with secular stagnation, the march of robots and the lamentable performance of most leading economies since the onset of the financial crisis." - William Keegan, author of Mr Osbornes Economic Experiment "The most interesting person on the most urgent subject of our times" - Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian "Streeck writes devastatingly and cogently ... How Will Capitalism End? provides not so much a ... forecast as a warning." - Martin Wolf, Financial Times "As the economic gloom deepens to the pitch black night of geopolitical crisis, in the economics departments of the world there can still be heard the confident chuckle: "but capitalism always survives". Wolfgang Streecks book How Will Capitalism End? An extended riff on the possibility of the mainstream economists being wrong. Streeck synthesises the various strands of left crisis theory into a convincing proposal" - Paul Mason, Guardian Books of the Year 2016 "Democratic capitalism is in bad shape. The crisis of 2007-09 and subsequent election of Donald Trump demonstrate that. In this book, German sociologist Streeck argues that capitalism is doomed, as many have before. But he does not believe it will be replaced by something better. Instead a new Dark Ages lies ahead." - Financial Times [Best Economics Books 2016] "This collection will be at the centre of social research for years to come" - Times Higher Education [Books of 2016] "How Will Capitalism End? offers a powerful prognosis that predicts that the system will suffer a lingering death rather than go out with a bang...there are so many startling formulations of great analytic power in this book that it merits wide circulation in these troubled times." - Morning Star "The most interesting person around today on the subject of the relationship between democracy and capitalism" - Christopher Bickerton, University of Cambridge "Streeck has become one of Europes most sophisticated and pessimistic left-wing Euroskeptics...[his] criticism of the eurozone is powerful." - Jamie Martin, Bookforum Promotional The provocative political thinker asks if it will be with a bang or a whimper Review Quote "This collection will be at the centre of social research for years to come." -- Times Higher Education ("Books of the Year 2016") "As the economic gloom deepens to the pitch black night of geopolitical crisis, in the economics departments of the world there can still be heard the confident chuckle: but capitalism always survives. How Will Capitalism End? is an extended riff on the possibility of the mainstream economists being wrong. Streeck synthesises the various strands of left crisis theory into a convincing proposal." -- Guardian ("Best Books of 2016") "Democratic capitalism is in bad shape. The crisis of 2007-09 and subsequent election of Donald Trump demonstrate that. In this book, German sociologist Streeck argues that capitalism is doomed, as many have before. But he does not believe it will be replaced by something better. Instead a new Dark Ages lies ahead." -- Financial Times ("Best Books of 2016") "Streecks title question--though never answered--opens a window onto the conflict between capitalism and democracy in the neoliberal era. That such a conflict exists is no surprise in Brazil, and still hidden to many in the United States, but a rude and inescapable shock to those who grew up with the comfortable illusions and utopian hopes of post-war Europe." --James Galbraith, author of The End of Normal "Neoliberalism continues to delimit political choice across the globe yet it is clear that the doctrine is in severe crisis. In Wolfgang Streecks powerful new book How Will Capitalism End? Streeck demonstrates that the maladies afflicting the world--from secular stagnation to rising violent instability--herald not just the decline of neoliberalism, but what may prove to be the terminal phase of global capitalism." --Paul Mason, author of Postcapitalism "The most interesting person around today on the subject of the relationship between democracy and capitalism." --Christopher Bickerton, University of Cambridge "At the heart our eras deepening crisis there lies a touching faith that capitalism, free markets and democracy go hand in hand. Wolfgang Streecks new book deconstructs this myth, exposing the deeply illiberal, irrational, anti-humanist tendencies of contemporary capitalism." --Yanis Varoufakis, author of And the Weak Suffer What They Must? "An important and stimulating book. It is especially interesting in the light of fashionable preoccupations with secular stagnation, the march of robots and the lamentable performance of most leading economies since the onset of the financial crisis." --William Keegan, author of Mr Osbornes Economic Experiment "The most interesting person on the most urgent subject of our times." --Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian "Streeck writes devastatingly and cogently ... How Will Capitalism End? provides not so much a ... forecast as a warning." --Martin Wolf, Financial Times "Offers a powerful prognosis that predicts that the system will suffer a lingering death rather than go out with a bang ... there are so many startling formulations of great analytic power in this book that it merits wide circulation in these troubled times." -- Morning Star "Streeck has become one of Europes most sophisticated and pessimistic left-wing Euroskeptics ...[his] criticism of the eurozone is powerful." --Jamie Martin, Bookforum Details ISBN1786632985 Author Wolfgang Streeck Pages 272 Publisher Verso Books Year 2017 ISBN-10 1786632985 ISBN-13 9781786632982 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-11-14 Media Book Imprint Verso Books Subtitle Essays on a Failing System Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 330.122 Short Title How Will Capitalism End? 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