Madisen Taylor

Hong Kong was a cutting-edge template for an evolving entity, the “zone,” which is the primary object of Slobodian’s analysis. Zones—free trade zones, export-processing zones, industrial parks, economic and technology development zones, free ports, and more—have pockmarked and hollowed the neat geography of the world map from Hong Kong to Dubai,... See more

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Residential segregation, zoned consumption, and an increasingly diffuse web of power are embedding progressively deeper into our world’s fabric. Avatars of nations remain with new matrixes of power overlaid and nestled within.