My partner Seth Levine has an important new book out today titled Capital Evolution: The New American Economy.
I saw it last night at the Boulder Bookstore in the New Hardback Non-Fiction section (bottom left in the photo below) and am going to the launch event at Composition Shop in Longmont. Join us, say hello, and buy some books!
I love the tagline from the flyleaf: “The future of capitalism isn’t left or right – it’s forward.“
In our over-politicized world, Seth and his co-author, Elizabeth MacBride, do an outstanding job of defining capitalism clearly and explaining how it evolved into today’s approach. They deconstruct the contemporary arguments “for and against,” examine challenges with many existing practices, and paint a new and compelling path forward.
Seth and Elizabeth have been working on this book for over two years. I read an early draft around a year ago and gave them a lot of feedback, so it’s been a joy to see it take shape.
Unlike my largely anecdotal books, which draw on my experiences, often with sidebars from others sharing theirs, Seth and Elizabeth did deep research for this book. I fondly remember showing up at Seth’s party barn at his house one day to see the large dining table covered with hardcover books on economic theory, the history of business (and capitalism and economics), and a bunch of other stuff he was reading as part of his extensive research.
As with Seth’s other book, The New Builders, it is both extremely substantive and eminently readable. I encourage you to buy and read a copy of Capital Evolution: The New American Economy.