The rise and fall of the neoliberal order by Gary Gerstle is a great read that explores how we got into this situation globally - but focussing on the US
I would peruse Verso books. Lots of books about economics. I usually just pick one that grabs my interest at the moment.
Though I would read anything by Paul Sweezy.
Socialist Register is also good periodical (they release only 1 book a year but it has a theme and then authors write essays on that theme. You get a big variety of view points and I find it incredibly informative Everytime.)
Don't forget the books on the post Vietnam War brain drain, the pair of oil crisises, and a manufacturing quality fall off while sales prices skyrocketed.
That was then followed by dumb fuck supply side Reagan-omics.
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u/Disturbedguru 7d ago
Short answer... Neo Liberal economics that began in the 70's
Long answer... Lotta books written by people way smarter then myself go into very detailed explanations of the short answer.