A selection of recent books shaping debates on economics, politics, and social life at large. The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Fascism By: Max Haiven Published: September, 2026 In The Player and the Played, Max Haiven examines how financialised capitalism has turned economic and social life into a competitive game in which people are encouraged to become risk-taking “players” while increasingly feeling “played” by a system they cannot control.
