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Capital is dead / McKenzie Wark.

by Wark, McKenzie, 1961-

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9781788735308 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Capital is dead : is this something worse?

202 p. ; 22 cm.

Subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- The sublime language of my century -- Capitalism; or worse? -- The forces of production -- The class location blues -- A time machine theory of history -- Nature as extrapolation and inertia -- Four cheers for vulgarity!!!! -- Conclusion: a night at the movies.

"McKenzie Wark argues that information has empowered a new kind of ruling class. Through the ownership and control of information, this emergent class dominates not only labour but capital as traditionally understood as well. And its not just tech companies like Amazon and Google. Even Walmart and Nike can now dominate the entire production chain through the ownership of not much more than brands, patents, copyrights, and logistical systems. While techno-utopian apologists still celebrate these innovations as an improvement on capitalism, for workersand the planetits worse. The new ruling class uses the powers of information to route around any obstacle labor and social movements put up"--From the publisher.

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