The end of capitalism – or the end of civilisation? The choice could be that stark

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The end of capitalism – or the end of civilization?

Beware of hyperbolic headlines. But in this case, I’m afraid, as Ulrike Herrmann’s very readable book The End of Capitalism makes clear, the choice between capitalism and civilization really does seem to be either/or – and the end will probably come a lot sooner than we thought. Anyone who isn’t alarmed about the rapid and […] The post The end of capitalism – or the end of civilization? appeared first on Asia Times.

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The end of capitalism – or the end of civilisation? The choice could be that stark

Ulrike Herrmann argues we no longer have the time to wait for technological breakthroughs that might solve the climate crisis.

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Trump, Musk and the rest of the CEOs of technology are living on an unparalleled honeymoon and that has an explanation.In 2017, researcher Sronicek revolutionized critical studies on capitalism with his work, in which he defined platform capitalism as a new model of production. What was not clear in those early moments of academic work around this new model, was the depth of the transformations it was going to generate in contemporary societies.