{"product_id":"2940015115574","title":"Unfuck Our Future: The Sunset of the First Great American Experiment","description":"What we need now is a fundamental rethinking of economics in general, and capitalism in particular, with its desire to become a value-neutral “science” that controls everything. Despite the economic crisis of 2008, and the specter of an even-greater collapse impending, we hold many assumptions that ensure dysfunction and that we have yet to challenge. Deep questions that bear scrutiny include, “What role should markets play in family life, in social programs, in how we provide health care and education? What are the limits to growth, and can this system function during any prolonged contraction? How do we value (and therefore price under the capitalist model) freedom, democracy, or love?”\u003cbr\u003e   It should be no surprise that we have difficulty finding happiness today. Rather than living in the present, we spend our lives either rehashing the past, suffering from the loss of people or things we once cherished, or anticipating future rewards, the value of which depends upon an economy that is detached from reality, yet attempting to place a monetary value upon every aspect of life. As we lose sight of intrinsic value, we struggle to value life itself. If you are like most of us, you find it difficult to embed your core values into this economic system. You want to save the whales, but feel powerless to bring that about. You want to live sustainably, but your choices in transportation are severely limited. In a world comprised mostly of gasoline-powered vehicles and poor or non-existent mass transit, we even find it unimaginable that we might construct a way of living that doesn’t require us to travel further than we can walk. We discuss the impending extinction of Mankind, but cannot even mention the end of capitalism. What would it look like, to change this state of mind? Please join our examination of these issues, and more.","brand":"Derek Joe Tennant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156142506224,"sku":"2940015115574","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015115574","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}