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Bloomsbury presents Vulture Capitalism, written and read by Grace Blakeley. * Longlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction * * A Foyles Top 10 Read for March and one of Glamour's Best Books of March * 'Blakeley charts a path forward based in hope, democracy and liberation' NAOMI...

For decades, it has been easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. In the decade leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, booming banks, rising house prices, and cheap consumer goods propped up living standards in the rich world. Thirty years of rocketing debt and financial wizardry had masked the deep underlying fragility of finance-led growth, and in 2008 we were forced to pay up.

Joining us at Audible Studios is author, journalist and economics and politics commentator, Grace Blakeley. We’ll be chatting with Grace Blakeley about Vulture Capitalism, her latest book which exposes corporate crimes, reveals the truth of the free market and demonstrates the issues with capitalism. We’ll find out how everyday people are being forgotten while the uber-rich are benefitting, and how we, as everyday people, can take control back.

Winner of the 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize In the vein ofThe Shock DoctrineandEvil Geniuses, this timely and “galvanizing” (Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author) manifesto illustrates how corporate and political power brokers have used capitalism to advance their own interests at...