It is a nice read. If you've read Vols 1-4 there isn't anything truly surprising in this one. It mainly shows that they are on the same track that they've been on. One of the nicer things to see in this volume was relating to their views on the social responsibilities of private sector businesses. Also how finance is supposed to provide a service rather than just accumulating wealth.

I'm trying, I might have to re-read it at a later date.

I hope this helps.

https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/7280642

Well maybe just figure out what really needs to be memorized and what is not necessary for you (you do not need to know exact statistics if you are just trying to understand a Marxist work)

Highlight with a 4 color pen in outer margins on each page. Red important, blue interesting, green for your own thoughts, black for notes which don't fit into any of the categories. Write as short as you can notes in top and bottom margins. If I use an e-reader I just highlight instead of red and write down notes after reading chapters or finishing the book. When you're done reading, it's great if you try to find a way to use that knowledge - blogpost or article, video, podcast, conversations in real life, real life politics, anything to make you actually use it and remember.

Edit: Having books easily accessible, setting goals for reading sessions, and not subvocalizing for hard texts are also good tips. By reading goals I mostly mean "Today I would like to read X pages or for X minutes because I know I have time, and I know that if I read that much I'll be good to read more tomorrow", not "I'm gonna force myself to read Y everyday no matter what" - build a habit, not an obligation. I would also say having a hard text, like capital, that you need to work through and a easier text that you can just read whenever is a good pairing.

I think you could get a lot out of reading it. It does a good job so far broadcasting the disproportionate development and investment in Global South countries and highlights a little bit how China is leading the entire East Asia and Pacific region towards further industrialization. The report also has an interesting upcoming chapter on how to facilitate the industrialization of Global South countries in an energy-efficient manner.

With that being said, it is the UN. They do a decent job of highlighting issues and global inequality, but fall short of identifying how and why this system is furiously upheld despite these existential challenges.

It is that post-war book, right?

I have never heard of it :0