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The Physics of Capitalism: How a New Political Ecology Can Change the World
by Erald Kolasi
Monthly Review Press £27.99
READERS who struggle with the maths and abstractions inherent in the physics of the 20th and 21st centuries — Einstein, Niels Bohr and all that flowed from their work — should not be deterred by the title of this book.
Erald Kolasi draws only on classical physics to show how energy flows determine the fate of complex systems, including economic systems and life itself. It also equips him to provide a devastating critique of neoclassical economics and enables him to give us a vision of a sustainable global future — all without resorting to a single equation!

MARTIN GRAHAM welcomes a comprehensive history of the national debt, while regretting that it is neither up to date, nor has a class-based analysis


JOHN GREEN wades through a pessimistic prophesy that does not consider the need for radical change in political and social structures

GUILLERMO THOMAS recommends a useful book aimed at informing activists with local examples of solidarity in action around the world

ELIZABETH SHORT recommends a bracing study of energy intensive AI and the race of such technology towards war profits