Julia Ott in The Nation: 5 Books that Tackle Capitalism

Heilbroner Center Director Julia Ott provided The Nation magazine with a list of five recent university press books that are “fundamental to understanding our current crisis.”

A quick look at her list:

MAHOGANY
The Costs of Luxury 
in Early America

by Jennifer L. Anderson

LAND OF THE FEE

Hidden Costs and the Decline of the American Middle Class

by Devin Fergus

SLAVERY’S CAPITALISM
A New History of American Economic Development

Edited by Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman

BEAUTY SHOP POLITICS
African American 
Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry

by Tiffany M. Gill

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics

by Daniel Stedman Jones

Read the full article in The Nation.