F/Ailing Capitalism and the Challenge of COVID-19: Volume I

In F/Ailing Capitalism and the Challenge of COVID-19, Noel Chellan argues that citizens needlessly died in capitalist countries throughout the pandemic. He contends that COVID-19 has exposed the harsh workings of capitalism, contrary to the ideologies upheld by mainstream economists. Some of the questions he asks are: Why were Chinese lives more important than American lives? Why were Vietnamese lives more important than British lives? Why were Cuban lives more important than South African lives? Why was the value of the grandparent that died in the US lower than the value of the grandparent that was saved in China? Why was the value of the healthcare worker that died in the UK lower than the value of the healthcare worker that was saved in China?

Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction 1 Unravelling Ideas and Ideologies Which Prop Up the Capitalist System 1 The Word Ideology in the Time of covid -19 2 Attempting to Make Sense of Ideas and Ideologies 3 Toward the Unravelling of Neoliberal and Capitalist Ideas and Ideologies 2 Communism – the End of History 3 The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the End of History 1 Capitalism – the End of History 2 The New World Order under the Mighty Capitalism 4 Capitalism in Communist China – or Vice Versa 1 Colonialism and the Taking of Hong Kong 2 The Land of Confucius Looks to Karl Marx 3 Riding the Capitalist Tiger using a Marxist gps 4 Waging War on covid -19 in a Country of 1.4 Billion People 5 Western Ideologies on the Offensive in the Time of covid -19 6 Containing China 5 Socialisms and Communisms in a Capitalist World 1 Toward Deconstructing the Celebrated Ideology of Capitalism as the End of History 2  covid -19 and the Socialist or Communist Response 3 The Green Shoots of Socialism and Communism in Capitalist America? 4 Toward a Global, Mature and Sober Dialogue on Socialism and Communism 6 Capitalism Free to Choose – Even When Others Die 1 Toward an Understanding of Freedom under Capitalism 2 An Overview of Capitalist Countries’ Response to covid -19 3 An Inconvenient Truth in the Age of Comparative Statistics and Measurement 7 Workers under Capitalism Creators of Value – Even during a Pandemic 1 Health Workers: Soldiers on the Frontline in the Time of covid -19 2 Workers: The Exploited, Unsung, Expendable, Sacked and Unknown Soldiers in the Time of covid -19 in the Capitalist Era 3 Workers: Creators of Value – Even during a Pandemic 8 The Ideology of the Invisible Hand or Capitalist Market under Capitalism 1 The Invisible Hand and Capitalist Market in the Time of covid -19 2 Producing and Reproducing Lives and Livelihoods through the Capitalist Market 3 Toward Uncovering the Fake News about the Invisible Hand and Capitalist Market under Capitalism 4 The Invisible Hand and Capitalist Market: Mid-wives of Profit and Accumulation for the Rich – and Insufficiency, Insecurity and Misery for the Poor 9 The Nanny State in the Age of Capitalism 1  covid -19 and the Nanny State 2 The Nanny State and Saving Capitalism in the Time of covid -19 3 The Capitalist Market’s Covert and Overt Dependency on the Nanny State in the Age of Capitalism 10 The Life of Capitalism 1 The Grandeur of Capitalism! 2 The Breakdown of Feudalism, Colonial Conquests and the Making of Capitalism 3 The Violent-Making of Private Property: The Foundation for the Development of Capitalism 4 The Violent-Making of the Wage Labourer, the Labour Market and Capitalism 5 Failed and F/Ailing Capitalism 11 Conclusion to Volume i Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Noel Chellan is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology Department, School of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has published articles on environmental and developmental issues and a book: Capital An Energy Perspective.