Gregory Sholette is an artist, activist and author based in New York. He co-founded two artists' collectives: Political Art Documentation and Distribution (1980-88) and REPOhistory (1989-2000). He is the author of Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture (Pluto, 2010) and co-editor of Collectivism after Modernism: The Art of Social Imagination after 1945 (2007) and The Interventionists: Users' Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life (2004). Oliver Ressler is an artist and filmmaker based in Vienna. His work has been exhibited across the world including at the Berkeley Art Museum, USA, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul and the Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum, Egypt. He is the editor of Alternative Economics, Alternative Societies (2007).

Leading critical artists and theorists analyse the current crisis of capitalism.

Foreword by Pia Hovi-Assad, Pori Art Museum, Finland 1. "Unspeaking the Grammar of Finance" by Gregory Sholette & Oliver Ressler 2. "It's The Political Economy, Stupid!" by Slavoj Zizek > Liz Park comments on art from the exhibition It's The Political Economy, Stupid 3. "The Political Economization of Art" by John Roberts 4. "Derivative Days: Notes on Art, Finance and the Un-Productive Forces" by Melanie Gilligan 5. "Occupational Realism" by Julia Bryan Wilson > Angela Dimitrakaki & Kirsten Lloyd comment on art from It's The Political Economy, Stupid 6. "Occupy Wall Street's Anarchist Roots" by David Graeber 7. "Bodies in Alliance and the Politics of the Street" (excerpts) by Judith Butler > Thom Donovan comments on art from It's The Political Economy, Stupid 8. "Sick Sad Life: On the Artistic Reproduction of Capital" by Kerstin Stakemeier 9. "Art after Capitalism," a final word by Brian Holmes Biographies

Essays and cutting-edge artwork from radical theorists and artists, providing a critical response to the global economic crisis. Contributors include Slavoj Zizek, David Graber and Judith Butler. The inclusion of artistic responses to the crisis alongside analysis pushes the boundaries of critique beyond the usual discourse.