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SUMMARY:VULTURE CAPITALISM - Grace Blakeley Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to be welcoming author and jounalist Grace Blakeley to Manchester for the launch of her explosive new book VULTURE CAPITALISM – a fresh look at the problems of our late stage capitalism crisis and what we can do to stop it. \nDoors: 6.00\, starts: 6.30 \nTickets are £5.00 or free when ordering a copy of the book. VULTURE CAPITALISM will also be available to purchase on the night and Grace will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event\, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or manchester@blackwell.co.uk and we can arrange this for you. \nAbout the book: \n‘A galvanising takedown of neoliberalism’s “free market” logic\, one rooted in as much history as it is in current events’ – Naomi Klein \nEverything you know about capitalism is wrong. \nFree markets aren’t really free. Record corporate pro­fits don’t trickle down to everyone else. And we aren’t empowered to make our own choices – they’re made for us every day. \nIn Vulture Capitalism\, acclaimed journalist Grace Blakeley takes on the world’s most powerful corporations by showing how the causes of our modern crisis are the intended result of our capitalist system. It’s not broken\, it’s working exactly as planned. From Amazon to Boeing\, Henry Ford to Richard Nixon\, Blakeley shows us exactly where late-stage capitalism has gone wrong. \nSearing\, explosive and timely\, Vulture Capitalism is the book you need to understand what is happening in the world around you – and what you can do to change it. \nAbout the author: \nGrace Blakeley\, one of the fiercest economic thinkers her generation\, is an author\, journalist\, and political commentator. She attended University of Oxford where she graduated with a first-class honours degree in philosophy\, economics\, and politics. She has written for the Guardian\, Tribune and the New Statesman among others\, and appears regularly on television and radio\, including on ITV Good Morning Britain\, TalkTV and Jeremy Vine on Channel Five. She is the author of Stolen (Repeater) and The Corona Crash (Verso).
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