190 Capital & Class 40(1) Karatani addresses numerous historiographies, dealing specifically with major think- ers in each of the four sections. This conversation with contemporaries, combined with his allusions to thinkers like Kant, Hegel and Marx, creates an interesting synthesis of thought to build his arguments. Perhaps the most pressing tradition he addresses is the schism between strict historical materialists and softer postmodernists. Karatani, by focusing on the modes of exchange as opposed to the modes of production, reimagines what the term ‘economic’ implies. Showing the problems of older historical materialists, Karatani argues that one cannot simply focus on the mode of production as the eco- nomic base and allow the state and nation to become expressive superstructures of that base. Furthermore, one cannot simply ignore the economic foundations of any given society and focus solely on culture. The answer is in seeing the economic as a system of modes of exchange. This allows for the state and nation to have their own independent base, eventually coming into relationship with capitalism in mode C. Well argued, and with a highly approachable translation by Michael Bourdaghs, this work is both an excellent entry point for those unfamiliar with Karatani’s previous work, and an excellent continuation of the themes he has previously explored. By providing such an ambitious and innovative work, Karatani offers much to the fields of anthropol- ogy, sociology and historical study, as well as a starting point for theorists interested in the concept of mode D and the promises it contains. Author biography Wesley R. Bishop is a Ph.D. student at Purdue University, where he studies US labour, cultural, and economic history. Andrew Gamble Crisis Without End? The Unravelling of Western Prosperity, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2014; 240 pp: 9780230367081, £14.99 (pbk) Reviewed by Zora Kovacic, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain In Crisis Without End? Andrew Gamble provides a thorough analysis of the financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath. Using language accessible to the non-expert and a clear exposition, Gamble argues that the current crisis is the result of a structural impasse of the neoliberal order, and guides the reader through the argument while engaging with counter-arguments. Crisis Without End? is a valuable contribution to political economy, and a standout piece in the flourishing literature about the crisis. The book should be commended for highlighting the complexity of the economic system, although it fails to provide the same depth of analysis in relation to the environmental problems it tackles. Gamble starts the discussion by exposing three possible interpretations of the crisis: (1) as a one-off event concentrated mainly in Anglo-America; (2) as a turning point leading to a new world order; and (3) as an impasse, that is, a situation in which the most immediate crisis has been contained, but there remains a structural crisis underneath. The book is cen- tred on this third hypothesis, which is explored from a plurality of perspectives. at UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA on June 20, 2016 cnc.sagepub.com Downloaded from