Ebook {Epub PDF} The New Prophets of Capital by Nicole Aschoff

Mythmaking is as central to sustaining our present economy as profit-making. In the s, Thatcher and Reagan's stories about welfare queens, greedy workers and the beauty of the free market cleared the way for an assault on organized labor that led to the boom times of the s. With severe environmental degradation, breathtaking inequality, lousy job prospects and increasing alienation 5/5(2).  · The New Prophets of Capital by Nicole Aschoff:www.doorway.ru in conversation with Liza Featherstone. As severe environmental degradation, breathtaking inequality, and increasing alienation push capitalism against its own contradictions, mythmaking has become as central to sustaining our economy as profitmaking. Enter the new prophets of capital: Sheryl Sandberg touting the capitalist work ethic as the antidote to gender inequality; John Mackey promising that free markets will heal the planet; .

Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Jacobin Ser.: The New Prophets of Capital by Nicole Aschoff (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! The New Prophets of Capital by Nicole Aschoff offers one way to approach this question by examining the popularity and influence of four "prophets" of the neoliberal capitalist system. Drawing on Weber, Aschoff describes all these prophets as offering a way to live a better life. Nicole Aschoff, the managing editor at Jacobin magazine, is author of The New Prophets of Capital, a book that examines the modern mythmaking central to twenty-first century capitalism. It's a short and agitating book that aims to critically examine some of the rhetoric espoused by "new prophets" like Oprah Winfrey, Facebook COO Sheryl.

The New Prophets of Capital by Nicole Aschoff:www.doorway.ru in conversation with Liza Featherstone. The New Prophets of Capital The Jacobin series features short interrogations of politics, economics, and culture from a socialist perspective, as an avenue to radical political practice. Nicole Aschoff is the author of The New Prophets of Capital and an editor at Jacobin magazine. Her work has appeared in numerous outlets including The Guardian, The Nation, Al Jazeera, and Dissent magazine. She can be followed at www.doorway.ru and @NicoleAschoff.