by Hans Magnus Enzensberger · ERRATA NATURAE EDITORES S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493714550
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In 'The Ballad of Al Capone: Mafia and Capitalism,' Hans Magnus Enzensberger explores the relationship between the mafia and capitalism through the history of Chicago and Al Capone, as well as the Neapolitan Camorra. The author analyzes how economic logic and market expansion influenced the rise of these criminal organizations, transforming them into societies of efficient and bloody entrepreneurs. This essay offers a critical and insightful view on the connection between organized crime and the capitalist system.
Hans Magnus Enzensberger was a German author, poet, playwright, essayist, translator, and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Andreas Thalmayr, Elisabeth Ambras, Linda Quilt and Giorgio Pellizzi. Enzensberger was regarded as one of the literary founding figures of the Federal Republic of Germany and wrote more than 70 books, with works translated into 40 languages. He was one of the leading authors in Group 47, and influenced the 1968 West German student movement. He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize and the Pour le Mérite, among many others.
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