The Black Book of Capitalism

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Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme (The Black Book of Capitalism) is a French book published in 1998, in reaction to The Black Book of Communism (1997). Unlike the latter however, Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme does not attempt to provide a comprehensive tally of victims of the political system in question. Rather, the book is composed of a series of independent essays commissioned from various writers who were given free rein to write on any aspect of capitalism they chose.[1] Topics covered range from the African slave trade to the era of financial globalization.

While as previously stated the book does not attempt a comprehensive tally of victims of capitalism, an appendix does provide an "incomplete" list of 20th century death tolls which Perrault attributes to the capitalist system. The list, which includes both combatant and noncombatant dead, includes an estimated 58 million dead from the First and Second World Wars, plus death tolls from various colonial wars, anticommunist wars and repressions, ethnic conflicts, and some victims of famines or malnutrition, for a combined total of about 100 million.[2]

Edited by Gilles Perrault, the other contributors to the book include science fiction writers, historians, sociologists, economists, trade unionists and writers: Caroline Andréani, François Arzalier, Roger Bordier, Maurice Buttin, François Chesnais, Maurice Cury, François Delpla, François Derivery, André Devriendt, Pierre Durand, Jean-Pierre Fléchard, Yves Frémion, Yves Grenet, Jacques Jurquet, Jean Laïlle, Maurice Moissonnier, Robert Pac, Philippe Paraire, Paco Peña, André Prenant, Maurice Rajsfus, Jean Suret-Canale, Subhi Toma, Monique and Roland Weyl, Claude Willard and Jean Ziegler.[3] [4][1][5][6]

The book has been translated into Italian.[7] Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme is also the name of a CD by Sylvain Chauveau[8]

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  1. ^ a b "Elements de critique sociale" (September 1999). Alternative Libertaire 220. 
  2. ^ Black Book of Capitalism, Pour la Republique Sociale website.
  3. ^ [ :: La Maison d'édition :: ]. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
  4. ^ Marie Germanos (May 2002). "Le livre noir du capitalisme". Socialisme International 3. 
  5. ^ Pierre Gilly (April 1998). "Svenska Clartéförbundet - Recensioner 1998-4". Tidskriften Clarté. 
  6. ^ "LE LIVRE NOIR DU CAPITALISME" (November 17, 1997). Marianne. 
  7. ^ Il libro nero del capitalismo. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
  8. ^ SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU [Le Livre Noir Du Capitalisme × XSILENCE.NET ×]. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.

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Perrault, Gilles (ed.) (1998): Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme, Le Temps des cerises, 427 pages, ISBN 2841091449, ISBN 978-2841091447.

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