What kind of animal is capitalism and what is its diet to stay alive? If we answer this question, says Nancy Fraser, we will truly understand the crisis of our time and discover a way to starve the beast. For this, the theoretical models inherited from Marxism are not enough for us, which tend to conceive capitalism as an economic system based on the exploitation of labor force and production for profit, under the laws of the market and property. private. That official vision today seems narrow and, above all, misleading. In this dazzling analysis, Nancy Fraser develops a theory of "21st century model" capitalism. Thus, step by step, she presents an expanded notion of capital as a form of society and reveals the extraeconomic ingredients that, far from being marginal, are its essential condition. possibility. To expand, the system cannibalizes entire areas that are not commodified and that are therefore left out of the picture. We must bring to the fore those "hidden abodes" on which capitalism feeds and examine them thoroughly: wealth expropriated from nature (breathable air, arable land, drinking water) and the subjugated and racialized peoples of the peripheries; multiple forms of care, undervalued (if not completely denied) and generally carried out by women; public goods and powers, which provide material and legal infrastructure that capital needs to function and at the same time undermines everything possible; the energy and creativity of workers. Although they are not recorded on the balance sheets of companies, these forms of wealth constitute essential preconditions for profits and the earnings. These vital supports of accumulation are constitutive of the capitalist order and the focus of hitherto isolated conflicts. If we want to end cannibalistic capitalism, which devours the social, natural and political foundations on which it depends, we have to overcome economic reductionism and instead build an expanded vision of socialism, without repeating the failed experiences of the 20th century. It may seem like a difficult task, but it is our only hope. That agenda, and its roadmap, is the soul of this essential book.