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Anna-Sophia Mäder
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German

The Price of the World

Friedrich Lenger

A Global History of Capitalism

Over the last 500 years, capitalism has produced a world that is highly economically interdependent and at the same time highly asymmetrical. In his brilliant global history of capitalism, Friedrich Lenger charts the course of these developments, which have left nobody – from the indigenous people of America to the silk weavers of Bengal – unaffected. This is a story of flagrant wealth and extreme poverty, of violence and oppression and of the endangerment of our planet, for which we are now paying the price.

One of the global inequalities capitalism has produced consists in the unequal consumption of fossil fuels, and in environmental degradation affecting several parts of the world to very different degrees. The indifference of trade and industry capitalists towards the natural world resembles their past indifference to human suffering. The millions of slaves forced to work on American plantations until well into the 19th century are just one example of how oppressed labour and a capitalist economy go hand in hand. In this fascinating, lucid and expert book, Friedrich Lenger tells the story of the triumph of capitalism and explains its dynamic, which will never place limits on itself – any restrictions have to be imposed from outside. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the modern world and the problems we face today – our survival depends on their solution.

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Published by C.H.Beck , ISBN: 9783406808340

ISBN: 9783406808340