2024-09-13 Meet the Author Crack up capitalism by Quinn Slobodian

Quinn Slobodian, Author and Professor, Boston University www.quinnslobo...
Gopalan Balachandran, Co-Director, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy www.researchga...
On a map of the world, you’ll see a neat patchwork of nation-states. But this is not where power 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.
Quinn Slobodian follows the most notorious radical libertarians around the globe as they search for the perfect home for their free market fantasy. The hunt leads from Hong Kong in the 1970s to South Africa in the late days of apartheid, from the neo-Confederate South to the medieval City of London, charting the relentless quest for a blank slate where capitalism and democracy can be finally uncoupled.
Video kindly provided by Geneva Trade Platform (GTP) genevatradepla...