Bestselling "overeducated cartoonist" Larry Gonick teams up with psychologist and scholar Tim Kasser, an expert on how happiness and values relate to our materialist society, to create an incomparable cartoon guide to what, exactly, is wrong with modern life, why we're all so miserable -- and what can be done about it. A primer for the post-Occupy generation, Hypercapitalism provides a concise introduction to the thinkers (Stiglitz, Piketty, Sandel, Schor, et al.), movements (voluntary simplicity, the sharing economy, intentional communities, the time-affluence movement), and concepts (hypercapitalism, corporate power, GNP alternatives), that are critical to understanding and changing the world we live in. In pointed, profound, and entertaining cartoon narratives, the authors take readers inside the inner workings of the global economy, rendering even the most complex ideas in clear, plain -- and sometimes hilarious -- terms.

A revolution of values -- The basics of capitalism -- Corporations and their owners -- Capitalism and values -- The five commandments of hypercapitalism -- Hypercapitalism, values, and well-being -- Interlude -- Mindful buying -- Voluntary simplicity -- Sharing -- Better business -- Government for the people -- Protest.