Vulture Capitalism is a vigorous rejection of the liberal idea that if only some enlightened government were to tweak its policies correctly, democratic capitalism would bring prosperity to all

Sam Leith, Guardian

Blakeley recasts capitalist democracies as "system[s] of pervasive unfreedom", a thesis she backs up with excoriating case studies

Vogue

Demolishes the idea that capitalism is dominated by the “freedom” of the market. Blakeley carefully goes over how businesses plan their own production and states coordinate society for profit

Socialist Worker

We should not assume that there's just one way to arrange a market economy in a democracy . . . This argument is having a bit of a public moment. The young economist Grace Blakeley's new book Vulture Capitalism makes the case that capitalism as we see it now offers none of the virtues (free enterprise, moral hazard, market discipline) that its PR department claims for it

Spectator

An insightful takedown of corporate excesses and shady dealings

Irish Independent

For evocative and transportive nonfiction to educate, inspire and expand your perspective, look no further than Vulture Capitalism, a book that dismantles the modern financial systems of capitalism

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