Waring, Counting for Nothing

Daly and Cobb, For the Common Good

Parecon (unfortunately a real yawner of a book but attempts to lay out the nuts and bolts of a more equitable economic system)

Alperovitz, America Beyond Capitalism

Hawken, Natural Capital

Greider, The Soul of Capitalism

Bell, Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism

The Predatory Economy (can't remember author offhand)

See also:  True Cost Economics Manifesto

if anyone's read any of these and has trenchant critique or additional insights or whatever -- or knows of similar books written from a Euro or Asian perspective -- I'd be very interested to trade reading lists and opinions.

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