The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
Clara E. Mattei
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Susan Ericksen
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Description
For more than a century, governments facing financial crisis have resorted to the economic policies of austerity--cuts to wages, fiscal spending, and public benefits--as a path to solvency. Today, an important question remains: What if solvency was never the goal? In The Capital Order, political economist Clara E. Mattei explores the intellectual origins of austerity to uncover its originating motives: the protection of capital--and indeed capitalism--in times of social upheaval from below. Mattei traces modern austerity to its origins in interwar Britain and Italy, revealing how the threat of working-class power in the years after World War I animated a set of top-down economic policies. Where these policies "succeeded," relatively speaking, was in their enrichment of certain parties who accumulated power and capital at the expense of labor. Here, Mattei argues, is where the true value of austerity can be observed: its insulation of entrenched privilege and its elimination of all alternatives to capitalism. Drawing on newly uncovered archival material, The Capital Order offers a damning account of the rise of austerity--and of modern economics--at the levers of contemporary political power.
Product Details
Price
$41.99
$39.05
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Publish Date
August 29, 2023
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Language
English
Type
MP3 CD
EAN/UPC
9798874647278
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About the Author
Clara E. Mattei is professor of economics and director of the Center for Heterodox Economics at the University of Tulsa Oklahoma.
Susan Ericksen is an actor and voice-over artist. She has been awarded numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. As an actor and director, she has worked in theaters throughout the country.