Capitalism
Autocracy Inc - Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum
This is November 2025's book club book. Applebaum walks readers through how autocratic states operate, and how they peddle their influence through the world. China subsidizes StarTimes for news
Corporate Control - Nora Loreto
Nora Loreto
Much like Dark PR I see in this government subsidizing industries that really aren't good for the people that live in the country, the people that government is supposed to be serving. From choosing
Right Thing, Right Now - Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday
This was our first book club book and follows Holiday’s look at what it mean to be just, and bring justice to the world. He looks at it in three realms. Personal: What justice means in your daily
Democracy at Work - Richard Wolff
Richard Wolff
The biggest idea was intrigued by here was radical democracy, which in this context means that only workers have any say in the ways they work and the ways that any surplus (profits) from their work
Against Creativity - Oli Mould
Oli Mould
In Against Creativity, Oli Mould, takes a critical look at the creativity the world wants to push on us. Your boss cuts funding and says that you need to be "creative" to provide the same level of
Saving Time - Jenny Odell
Jenny Odell
This is Jenny Odells attempt to make sense of time outside of how capitalism tells us we should view time, the relentless pursuit of productivity at the expense of inhabiting the life around us. This
Dark PR - Grant Ennis
Grant Ennis
Dark PR walks readers through all the "framing" companies do to minimize their responsibility so that they can keep doing the terrible shit they are doing. From car companies showing us all their "ma
Foreverism - Grafton Tanner
Grafton Tanner
In Foreverism, Grafton Tanner, examines the push towards nostalgia shown in society today. From endless reboots, which are safer than new properties thus more likely to profit, to gadgets that contin
The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klien
Naomi Klien
Naomi Klien looks at how natural disasters, war and terrorism are used by government and business to further capitalism and take away benefits to poor people. Most often non-white Americans, or entir