On Amazon, the top-selling books about capitalism, socialism
Ideological differences are front-and-center ahead of the 2020 presidential election, with some Democratic candidates, like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., eschewing capitalism in favor of Democratic socialism.
Sanders brought Democratic socialism to the forefront as a presidential candidate in 2016; since then, it’s become a budding and potent political force.
In fact, according to a Gallup poll from 2018, Democrats have a more positive image of socialism than they do capitalism. Only 47 percent of Democrats were positive about capitalism, compared to 57 percent with a positive view of socialism. (Republicans remain more positive about capitalism than socialism, with little sustained change in their views of either since 2010).
Here’s a look at the five best-selling books on capitalism -- and socialism -- on Amazon.
Capitalism:
1. Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy by George Gilder
2. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, by Shoshana Zuboff
3. People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent by Joseph E Stiglitz
4. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics by Henry Hazlitt
5. Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell
Socialism:
1. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
2. The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality by Bhaskar Sunkara
3. Socialism Is Evil: The Moral Case Against Marx's Radical Dream by Justin Haskins
4. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington
5. Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism by Richard D. Wolff
