Counter Racist Male
Retired poster and occasional lurker
With the exception of maybe Squeezed, most of the books listed don't have heavy criticisms of Capitalism per se. Cowen's work specifically defends Capitalism, it's the lack of voluntary mobility of Americans he has issues with. And so, I wouldn't say there is a anticaptialist theme prevalent in the books listed.
Hoarders is a great book. It reinforced my stance that working class people often grossly underestimate the financial cost of competing with the upper middle class. He shows that the upper middle class has to give up alot of their resources and power in order to help the poor and working class. But he acknowledges they probably won't do that, as their interests have become entrenched.
Squeezed is a tough read, because of how sad the stories are. The book is filled with stories of people who did everything "right" and still struggle. It undermines the just world fallacy, and forces the reader to evaluate their own narratives of success.
Be honest with me breh are those books by smart white people telling you anything that you don't already know?