Milanovic divides capitalism into two administrative regimes – the liberal meritocratic and the political, one represented by the US, the other by China. He analyzes features and forces that generate inequalities within them and tries to address the question of where capitalism itself is headed.
Foroohar shows how financialization perpetuates Wall Street’s reign over Main Street widens the gap between the rich and the poor and imperils our future.
Yearley discusses the problems related to the universalizing discourse of globalization and its impact on the environment. He shows how inequality in wealth and power structures our discourse and leaves the most vulnerable to suffer.