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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, wi... See more
Jesse Robertson • A Complicated System of Traps: On Quinn Slobodian’s “Crack-Up Capitalism” — Cleveland Review of Books
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
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The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
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Les Globalistes: Une histoire intellectuelle du néolibéralisme (French Edition)
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Determined to unshackle market forces from the heavy hand of the state and the millstone of “tax and spend,” the classes that led this bloc aimed to liberalize and globalize the capitalist economy. What that meant, in reality, was financialization: dismantling barriers to, and protections from, the free movement of capital; deregulating banking and
... See moreNancy Fraser • The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
However, since the global financial crisis of 2008 people all over the world have become increasingly disillusioned with the liberal story. Walls and firewalls are back in vogue. Resistance to immigration and to trade agreements is mounting. Ostensibly democratic governments undermine the independence of the judiciary system, restrict the freedom o
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A User’s Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System
The essay explores potential reforms to the global trading system, focusing on tariffs, currency policies, and their economic implications, particularly concerning American manufacturing, trade balances, and national security.
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