And as it brings the planet to new crises, author Raj Patel believes it’s important to imagine what might replace it. Winters: If I were to take a single important concept away from this book, what should it be? Patel: The idea would be that we are made by capitalism, and that capitalism can’t last forever. Patel: One oughtn’t bet against the imagination of capitalism to be able to open up new frontiers. But the idea that it’s only through having vast scads of cash that the big transformation’s going to happen—I think that’s misguided.