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The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation
Michael Perelman exposes the brutal, state-backed origins of capitalism hidden behind classical economists’ polished theories. Capitalism wasn’t a natural evolution but a violent invention that forced millions off their land and into wage labor. This book pulls back the curtain on the coercion and dispossession that built the modern economic system.
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