The set "Economics and Power. Main. Vol. 1" contains the books: "New Serfs. Neo-Feudalism and Modern Slavery" The ruling elites are unable to independently form anything constructive; they cannot build and create anything truly valuable, but they know how to take and divide what others have created. This is precisely why the current rulers need new serfs who will obediently serve the new aristocracy and consider it the highest happiness. The post-industrial society, with its high technological level of development, has given elites qualitatively new opportunities to build neo-feudalism, using beautiful but deceptive phrases like "The Fourth Industrial Revolution" or "The New Normal," with which they promise to lead the population to a bright future. However, if we remove this beautiful wrapping, reality turns out to be much darker in its consequences than traditional serfdom, which already looks like a genuine outbreak of freedom. Can we resist this? "Post-Capitalism and the Birth of the Personalitat" Recently, the idea of a post-capitalist society has become increasingly relevant. Against the backdrop of the systemic crisis of capitalism and many contradictions exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, attempts to propose an alternative future are becoming more frequent, in which robots and artificial intelligence provide an abundance of material goods, everyone is provided with everything necessary, and people engage mainly in free creative activities. All these utopian notions are largely inspired by classical Marxist views on communism as the most likely non-antagonistic form of a post-capitalist society. This book attempts to look at the post-capitalist perspective from a radically different angle. Many facts and trends indicate that we are moving toward a new antagonistic social formation, and instead of relative social harmony, we see the rise of a new class - the personalitat. The book is aimed at political scientists, philosophers, economists, sociologists, historians, and anyone interested in the prospects of social development. "Narco-Capitalism. Life in the Age of Anesthesia" What do the invention of anesthetics in the mid-19th century, the use of cocaine by the Nazis, and the development of Prozac have in common? They are all products of the same logic that defines a new stage of modernity - "The Age of Anesthesia." Laurent de Sutter explains how our lives are now characterized by the management of emotions through substances, ranging from everyday use of sleeping pills to powerful drugs. Chemistry has so integrated into our lives that we can hardly understand how much it has changed us.
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