This is an indispensable resource for anyone trying to come to grips with the root causes of the abject failure of capitalism to meet the needs of the vast majority of humanity. If you still hold hopes that mass unemployment, world hunger, exploitation and oppression can be solved by tighter regulations and reforms of the current system, this book will dash hopes. By using the European project as a case study, Carchedi uses cold, hard maths to show that the capitalist economic system is deeply and fundamentally flawed. He proves beyond doubt that under capitalism financial crises are a mathematic inevitability, that under capitalism it is mathematically impossible for 'developing' countries to catch up to technological leaders, and that under capitalism environmental destruction is a mathematical certainty.

He offers a vision for a new Europe and a new world based on solidarity, egalitarianism, and self-determination, and free from the horrors of capitalism.