Mute Compulsion. A Theory of the Economic Power of Capital

Mute Compulsion. A Theory of the Economic Power of Capital

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Despite a decade of crisis and social unrest, capitalism is in many ways stronger than ever before. Never before have such a large share of the global population and such large…

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