THE
CAPITALISM DELUSION:
HOW GLOBAL ECONOMICS WRECKED EVERYTHING AND WHAT TO DO
ABOUT IT
By Bob Ellis
The
collapse of capitalism in 2008 so incensed Bob Ellis that, just as Richard Dawkins
challenged the existence of God, Bob Ellis was determined to expose The Capitalism
Delusion. In this searing indictment of global greed and corporate misbehaviour,
one of our keenest observers of social and political mores watches the 'Global
Financial Crisis' sweep across the world and says (without glee) 'I Told You So'.
Bob Ellis is angry, and in giving us '333 More Arguments Against
Global Economics', he pulls together facts and anecdotes to show why what has
happened was inevitable. When AIG, one of the biggest financial institutions in
America, was in trouble the US Government propped it up with a 'loan' of $423
billion dollars. Out of that, AIG executives paid themselves $213 million dollars
in bonuses, having just nearly sent the world broke. This sort of misbehaviour
was common around the world in the 'good times', thus making 'The Crash of 2008'
the crash that was waiting to happen.
This is Bob Ellis at
his best - he gives us facts, figures, arguments and anecdotes. It is sobering
but compulsive reading. If you want to know what went wrong in 2008/09, read Ellis
and re-think how you view the world.
Bob Ellis is the author
of eighteen books, including And So it Went. He is a screenwriter, speechwriter,
mob orator and political essayist. He has also directed film, written songs and
poetry, acted in Stoppard and Beckett and writes regular film criticism and political
commentary.
'The Capitalism Delusion: How Global Economics
Wrecked Everything And What To Do About It' is available now.
