The following article from Paul Masson at the Guardian is a great look at Capitalism and what is currently transpiring with the western economy taken into a historical perspective.

Without us noticing, we are entering the post capitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/17/postcapitalism-end-of-capitalism-begun