In The Corona Crash, leading economics commentator Grace Blakeley theorises about the epoch-making changes that the coronavirus brings in its wake. We are living through a unique moment in history. The pandemic has caused the deepest global recession since the Second World War. Meanwhile the human cost is reflected in a still-rising death toll, as many states find themselves unable - and some unwilling - to grapple with the effects of the virus. Whatever happens, we can never go back to business as usual. This crisis will tip us into a new era of monopoly capitalism, argues Blakeley, as the corporate economy collapses into the arms of the state, and the tech giants grow to unprecedented proportions.

Free market, competitive capitalism is dead. The separation between politics and economics can no longer be sustained.

About the Author
Grace Blakeley is a staff writer at Tribune magazine and author author of The Corona Crash and Stolen. She previously worked as a research fellow for the Institute for Public Policy Research and as the New Statesman's economic commentator. She appears regularly in the media as a political and economic commentator, including appearances on Question Time, BBC This Week, and BBC Breakfast.

Reviews
One of the most inspiring, thought provoking and insightful voices on the left offers a route map out of this crisis and this is a must read anyone who wants to change the world. -- Owen Jones * [For Stolen] *
The best thing I've read about how we got into this mess, and how we get out. -- Frankie Boyle * [For Stolen] *
A clear, accessible and informative guide to left economics, showing how we got to this era of capitalist crisis, environmental catastrophe and insurgent socialist revival. Grace Blakeley offers radical solutions to an exploitative and unfair system -- Bhaskar Sunkara * Jacobin [for Stolen] *
Grace Blakeley is one of the sharpest of a new generation of economic and political thinkers, with a gift for clearly and eloquently explaining how we got to the crisis point we're in, and why only radical transformation will get us out. A must-read for today s activists on both sides of the Atlantic. -- Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble * [For Stolen] *
One of the most inspiring, thought-provoking and insightful voices on the left -- Owen Jones, author of Chavs
Grace Blakeley asserts the need for Covid-19 to be a global wake-up call. * Guardian, Biggest Books of Autumn 2020 *
As Grace Blakeley notes in her excellent new book, The Corona Crash, not all increases in the size of government are created equal. * Washington Post *
[The Corona Crash] makes clear that we simply cannot go back to the way things were. * Huck *
Blakeley asks the question: if we are already living in a planned economy, shouldn't those making the decisions be subject to scrutiny? Shouldn't the plans that determine how we live our lives be decided democratically? * Labour Hub *
An urgent read ... inspiring and thought-provoking, offering expansive resolutions in line with the Green New Deal that could transform our political, economic, and social systems. -- Anna Cafolla * Dazed *
The only solution, [Blakeley] believes, is an enormous global Green New Deal. It would be hard to find a purer iteration of the socialist critique of modern capitalism in a pandemic age. -- Zachary Karabell * New York Times Book Review *
An excellent exposition of pre-Covid trends towards parasitic dependence of corporate and financial capital on state monetary policy. -- Bryn Jones * Chartist *
Illuminating ... Blakeley connects the dots and draws out the economic and political processes that have led from the postwar boom ... to the current 'corona crash'. * Socialist Appeal *



Book Information
ISBN 9781839762055
Author Grace Blakeley
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 96g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 111mm * 8mm