Books like Profit over People

A clear-eyed, uncompromising dismantling of corporate power that ultimately champions the enduring hope of grassroots resistance. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Profit over People.

indignant
intellectually rigorous
galvanizing

01
Hegemony or Survival
Noam Chomsky
A relentless, heavily footnoted dismantling of imperial benevolence that leaves you wide awake and deeply alarmed.
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- intellectually rigorous
- critical
- analytical
- urgent
02
Bad Samaritans
Ha-Joon Chang
A witty, myth-busting tour through economic history that turns everything you thought you knew about free trade upside down.
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- critical
- urgent
03
Failed States
Noam Chomsky
A relentless, heavily footnoted dismantling of American exceptionalism that leaves you questioning the foundations of global power.
Shares:
- intellectually rigorous
- critical
- uncompromising
- analytical
04
The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein
A chilling, meticulously researched unmasking of how global crises are weaponized to push through radical economic agendas.
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- critical
- analytical
- urgent
05
No Logo
Naomi Klein
A radicalizing, curtain-pulling exploration of how corporate branding swallowed the world and how we might take it back.
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- critical
- analytical
- urgent
06
Capitalism and freedom
Milton Friedman · 1962
A rigorous, uncompromising intellectual exercise that challenges the reader to rethink the relationship between the state and the individual.
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- uncompromising
- analytical
07
What Money Can't Buy
Michael J. Sandel
An engaging, Socratic exploration that challenges the hidden moral costs of putting a price tag on every aspect of human life.
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- analytical
- urgent
08
A Brief History of Neoliberalism
David Harvey
A sharp, illuminating autopsy of the economic ideology that reshaped the modern world and eroded the social contract.
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- critical
- analytical
- urgent
09
Blackshirts and Reds
Michael Parenti
A fiery, unapologetic dismantling of mainstream historical narratives that arms the reader with a sharp, clarifying lens on global power.
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- urgent
10
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
Yanis Varoufakis
An intimate, jargon-free masterclass that demystifies the invisible economic forces shaping our world.
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- critical
- urgent
11
Manufacturing consent
Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky · 1988
A relentless, paradigm-shifting dismantling of the stories we are told by those in power.
Shares:
- intellectually rigorous
- critical
- uncompromising
- analytical
12
Jihad vs. McWorld
Benjamin Barber · 1995
An elegant, urgent dissection of the paradoxical forces of global consumerism and tribal fragmentation threatening modern democracy.
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- analytical
- urgent

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