Crack-up capitalism : market radicals and the dream of a world without democracy
Slobodian, Quinn, 1978-2023
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Look at a map of the world and you'll see a neat patchwork of nation-states. But this is not where power actually resides. From the 1990s onwards, globalization has shattered the map, leading to an explosion of new legal entities: tax havens, free ports, city-states, gated enclaves, and special economic zones. These new spaces are freed from ordinary forms of regulation, taxation and mutual obligation - and with them, ultracapitalists believe that it is possible to escape the bonds of democratic government and oversight altogether. Historian Quinn Slobodian follows the most notorious radical libertarians - from Milton Friedman to Peter Thiel - around the globe as they search for the perfect home for their free market fantasy.
Main title:
Author:
Slobodian, Quinn, 1978-, author
Imprint:
UK : Allen Lane, 2023.
Collation:
336 pages : illustration (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Metropolitan Books.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780241460245 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2361300