Liberating the Economy from the Market

Authors Leonardo Lavanderos and Alejandro Malpartida dismantle the ideological scaffolding of contemporary capitalism, exposing its structural contradictions and radical disconnection from the conditions that sustain life. This book is not merely a critique—it deconstructs and reconfigures, proposing an economy that transcends the reductionist mechanics of supply and demand in order to restore the essential link between culture and nature.

The authors discuss how conventional economics - obsessed with abstract metrics and empty indicators - erased the relational and ecological dimensions that underpin the viability of both human and non-human communities. The book is an intellectual rebuff to those who have turned the economy into a machine of entropy, uprooting, and devastation.

Drawing from the concept of ecopoiesis, the authors call for a paradigmatic shift toward a regenerative, relational, and systemically sustainable economy. An essential text for students and researchers in economics, sustainability, sociology, and societal futures.