Escapar del capitalismo : Una intervención

Capitalism is neither inevitable, scientific, nor natural: it is a relatively young system that can be replaced. Clara Mattei argues that persistent problems such as poverty, unemployment, and inflation are not failures of the economic system, but rather fundamental characteristics of it. The tools of economic experts—budget cuts, interest rate hikes, and regressive taxes—are sold as apolitical, but they mask a stark reality: they reinforce inequality. Economics was established as a scientific discipline after World War I, legitimized by mathematical formulas and new institutions too sophisticated for the average citizen to understand. Today's economic institutions, from the Federal Reserve to the IMF, wield immense power over monetary policy, yet remain beyond democratic scrutiny. Why should we accept a system that delegates crucial decisions about our lives to entities in which we have no say? All of today's major problems —from a healthcare system that prioritizes profit over health to the rise of ultranationalism— have their origin in an economic system that does not serve the common good.