The Endgame of Capitalism
A giant Ponzi scheme runs its course as elites prepare for the day after
Introduction
Part 1: Power to the corporations
A pandemic exposes the prerogatives of capital
Applause instead of money for the systemically important
Cui bono?
Subsidies for tax fugitives
Luxury booms in the crisis
The power of corporate lobbies
World government illustrated: The World Economic Forum
Elite control made in USA
Beauty contest before a jury of investors
An exclusive club of powerful corporations
The Institution for Public-Private Partnership
The Digital-Divide-narrative as an example
A better Bilderberg
Choosing and grooming the next elite generation
Corporate control with Pontifical blessing and academic ordination
The corporate world governance system
The sellout of the UN
Governance substitutes government – plutocracy replaces democracy
He who sets the standards has the power
The signature of Silicon Valley
Part 2: The nature of modern capitalism
The capital of Robinson Crusoe
The sources of profit
Capitalism according to Peter Thiel: Competition is for losers
Monopolies thanks to intellectual property
Massively Excessive Patent Protection
Excursion: A look back at early capitalism
The influence of land rents
Capital is a measure of market power
Capital is a constraint on production
Capital, labor and unemployment
Money in capitalism
Where does the money come from?
Why doesn’t everyone start a bank?
Where does the money go?
Money creation and interest as pillars of capital’s power
Money is the right to use society’s resources
Central banks in the service of capital
The role of the financial sector
Invented values as fuel for enrichment
Shareholder value: squeezing out companies like lemons
The “cost of capital”: profits redefined as costs
Making everybody play by the rules of capital
Tax evasion services for the rich and powerful
Enabling monopoly
Concentration of wealth
Capital, state and democracy
Social mega-machines
Government bonds: government power for sale
Democracy in in tune with the market
Capital rules politics
Part 3: The endgame of capitalism
A crisis with a long history
Capitalism at zero interest
Large eats small and moves towards higher grounds
Run for your lives
From capitalism to neo-feudalism
Singularity: The New Immortality
Sunshine on Credit in the Brave New World
Excursion: The geopolitics of the endgame
Lockstep – The Rockefeller Foundation’s blueprint
Lockstep: Ten years later
Amazon leads the way
ID2020: A number for every global citizen
The abolition of cash
Universal basic income
Smart City: People on a leash
Soma for all
Perfecting surveillance with contact tracing
LifeLog: A logfile of our lives
The Great Reset of the World Economic Forum
Part 4: Building a social market economy without capitalism
The crash as an opportunity
Society as a symbiosis
The company as a social institution
Owner-managed companies are fine
Tying capital to the company goes mainstream
The employee-owned company
The cooperative with tied capital
A financial cector serving society
Monetary system and central bank in the service of the population
Investment without capitalism
Market or state
Housing
Infrastructure and public services
Social Insurance
Effective competition policy
Public knowledge for the benefit of all
A policy of balance
More leisure time and social commitment
Disarmament for peace and the environment
Political power to the people as a basic requirement
Emancipation from the shadow powers
Compatibility with EU and monetary union
What we can do individually
