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What happens when a dead humorist discovers that modern economics makes less sense than hermit crab behavior?

In this wickedly satirical masterpiece channeling Will Cuppy's observational genius, we trace humanity's greatest organizational achievement: the perfection of systematic irresponsibility. From Ancient Greeks who invented democracy as a spectator sport to modern AI systems programmed with the biases of their corporate creators, this is the definitive guide to how everyone became responsible for nothing.

Discover:• Why strawberry plants are better economists than actual economists• How the Circle of Blame makes everyone complicit while no one accountable• Why housing shortages exist alongside empty properties (spoiler: it's profitable)• How daily bread became a complex financial instrument• Why the revolution will not be algorithmized• The eternal tug-of-war between human nature and inhuman systems

Featuring guest appearances by Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Medieval theologians, Renaissance geniuses, Industrial Revolution profiteers, and various other practitioners of organized chaos—plus appreciations by William Blake and G.K. Chesterton on why systematic absurdity has become humanity's most successful export.

"A savage journey into the heart of systematic irresponsibility that makes 'Catch-22' look like a training manual for rational behavior." —Hunter S. Thompson