Surviving Capitalism

how we learned to live with the market and remained almost human

Human life cannot be reduced to market transactions and human beings cannot only be treated as economic actors. When the power of the market increases, human beings will always try to protect themselves. Given the differences that exist in social and cultural traditions, these protective responses are likely to differ from one society to the other. This is why, even in a global market, diversity is always likely to persist. This book investigates the question of economic globalization – whether it is likely to lead to full convergence between political models and ways of life, or whether, even in a completely globalized world economy, there is likely to be scope for alternative solutions. But in a fully globalized world, how will we survive capitalism?

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Erik

Author of two CUP books

It’s the weirdest thing: Cambridge University Press seems to have published a e-edition of my Surviving Capitalism back in 2012. And I was never told! The book is in the

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Chinese edition?

I submitted Surviving Capitalism to the university press at Fudan University with the idea that the should bring out a Chinese translation. That is now 6 months ago and I

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Korean edition

A nice Korean PhD student approached me about translating the book into Korean. Would that be OK? Of course, but make sure you clear the rights with the publisher.  It

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Skidelsky in the New Statesman

My publisher just emailed to say that The New Statesman is reviewing my Surviving Capitalism. Great stuff! All news is good news. I have made a new web page for the book — click

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You’ll find a picture of my Surviving Capitalism on page 33 of the most recent New York Review of Books! OK, it’s an ad which Anthem Press took out, but

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