{"product_id":"social-benchmarks-craig-d-hanks-9798262902217","title":"Social Benchmarks: A Commonsense Critique of our Social and Economic Systems","description":"Money Is an Illusion. Power Is Predation. Freedom Is at Stake.\u003cb\u003eWhat if everything you were taught about money, wealth, and security was a carefully maintained illusion?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCraig D. Hanks rips back the curtain on the systems we take for granted banks, taxes, capitalism, national debt and exposes them for what they really are: structures of control built on labor, inequality, and predation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this book, you'll discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy money isn't wealth and how this illusion fuels poverty and chaos.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe hidden predatory principles that drive capitalism, war, and social decay.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow ownership, monopoly, and debt quietly enslave entire nations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy \"productive labor\" is the only true currency of value.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe coming social crises no politician dares to confront.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBold, uncompromising, and impossible to ignore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Benchmark\u003c\/b\u003e isn't another dry economics manual. It's a wake-up call a powerful critique that asks the questions most of us avoid: Who really benefits from your labor? Why must some always have less so others can have more? And how long can this system hold before collapse? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Piketty (Capital in the 21st Century), Naomi Klein (This Changes Everything), or Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens) this book will leave you questioning not just the economy, but the very foundations of society itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you're ready to challenge the myths you've been told about money and power start here.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig D. Hanks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798262902217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Craig D. Hanks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997116641535,"sku":"9798262902217","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-benchmarks-craig-d-hanks-9798262902217","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}