Theme: Political Economy | Content Type: Book review

Review: Cannibal Capitalism. How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It, by Nancy Fraser

Alexandre Leskanich

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Today, a mood of crisis is pervasive. This mood reflects a reality in tatters; one which cannot be evaded through intentional ignorance of it. That's because the conditions that define it constitute afflictions on a global scale: ones which stem from the wholesale looting and pillaging of the planet we share in common; from the confiscation of the time and labour of all human beings, who require adequate air, shelter, water, food, clothing and companionship, the supply of which is now increasingly compromised by the very system supposed to vouchsafe them.

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Includes a collection edited by James Hampshire on Immigration and Asylum Policy After Brexit, exploring how recent immigration and asylum policies reflect the ambivalent, unstable and unresolved meanings of Brexit itself. There are a wide range of other articles including 'A Hundred Years of Labour Governments' by Ben Jackson; and 'The Good, the Not so Good, and Liz Truss: MPs’ Evaluations of Postwar Prime Ministers' by Royal Holloway Group PR3710. Reports and Surveys include 'Addressing Barriers to Women's Representation in Party Candidate Selections' by Sofia Collignon. Finally, there is a selection of book reviews such as Nick Pearce's review of When Nothing Works: From Cost of Living to Foundational Liveability, by Luca Calafati, Julie Froud, Colin Haslam, Sukhdev Johal and Karel Williams; and Penelope J. Corfield's review of The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time, by Yascha Mounk.

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