{"product_id":"the-corona-crash-isbn-9781839762055","title":"The Corona Crash","description":"\u003cb\u003eFree market, competitive capitalism is dead. The separation between politics and economics can no longer be sustained.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Corona Crash\u003c\/i\u003e, leading economics commentator Grace Blakeley theorises about the epoch-making changes that the coronavirus brings in its wake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We are living through a unique moment in history. The pandemic has caused the deepest global recession since the Second World War. Meanwhile the human cost is reflected in a still-rising death toll, as many states find themselves unable—and some unwilling—to grapple with the effects of the virus. Whatever happens, we can never go back to business as usual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This crisis will tip us into a new era of monopoly capitalism, argues Blakeley, as the corporate economy collapses into the arms of the state, and the tech giants grow to unprecedented proportions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We need a radical response. The recovery could see the transformation of our political, economic, and social systems based on the principles of the Green New Deal. If not, the alternatives, as Blakeley warns, may be even worse than we feared.“The only solution, [Blakeley] believes, is an enormous global Green New Deal. It would be hard to find a purer iteration of the socialist critique of modern capitalism in a pandemic age.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Zachary Karabell, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One of the most inspiring, thought-provoking and insightful voices on the left.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Owen Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eChavs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Grace Blakeley asserts the need for Covid-19 to be a global wake-up call.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e (“Biggest Books of Autumn 2020”)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Blakeley asks the question: if we are already living in a planned economy, shouldn’t those making the decisions be subject to scrutiny? Shouldn’t the plans that determine how we live our lives be decided democratically?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLabour Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An urgent read … inspiring and thought-provoking, offering expansive resolutions in line with the Green New Deal that could transform our political, economic, and social systems.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Anna Cafolla, \u003ci\u003eDazed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An excellent exposition of pre-Covid trends towards parasitic dependence of corporate and financial capital on state monetary policy.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBryn Jones, \u003ci\u003eChartist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Illuminating … Blakeley connects the dots and draws out the economic and political processes that have led from the postwar boom … to the current ‘corona crash.’”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocialist Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrace Blakeley\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, host of the \u003ci\u003eA World to Win\u003c\/i\u003e podcast and author of \u003ci\u003eStolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation\u003c\/i\u003e. She previously worked as a research fellow for the Institute for Public Policy Research and as the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e’s economic commentator. She appears regularly in the media as a political and economic commentator, including appearances on \u003ci\u003eQuestion Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBBC This Week\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBBC Breakfast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305501413605,"sku":"NP9781839762055","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781839762055.jpg?v=1767738835","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-corona-crash-isbn-9781839762055","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}