{"product_id":"crack-up-capitalism-market-radicals-and-the-dream-of-a-world-without-democracy-paperback","title":"Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQuinn Slobodian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e best nonfiction book of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a revelatory dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism, an acclaimed historian of ideas shows how free marketeers are realizing their ultimate goal: an end to nation-states and the constraints of democracy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLook at a map of the world and you'll see a colorful checkerboard of nation-states. But this is not where power actually resides. Over the last decade, globalization has shattered the map into different legal spaces: free ports, tax havens, special economic zones. With the new spaces, ultracapitalists have started to believe that it is possible to escape the bonds of democratic government and oversight altogether. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrack-Up Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003efollows the most notorious radical libertarians--from Milton Friedman to Peter Thiel--around the globe as they search for the perfect space for capitalism. Historian Quinn Slobodian leads us from Hong Kong in the 1970s to South Africa in the late days of apartheid, from the neo-Confederate South to the former frontier of the American West, from the medieval City of London to the gold vaults of right-wing billionaires, and finally into the world's oceans and war zones, charting the relentless quest for a blank slate where market competition is unfettered by democracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA masterful work of economic and intellectual history, \u003ci\u003eCrack-Up Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003eoffers both a new way of looking at the world and a new vision of coming threats. Full of rich details and provocative analysis, \u003ci\u003eCrack-Up Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an alarming view of a possible future.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964785033517,"sku":"9781250871855","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/crack-up-capitalism-market-radicals-and-the-dream-of-a-world-without-democracy-paperback-5870402.webp?v=1775470806","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/crack-up-capitalism-market-radicals-and-the-dream-of-a-world-without-democracy-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}