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**Title:** Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
**Author:** Quinn Slobodian
**Publisher:** Penguin
**Language:** English
**Hardcover:** 304 pages
**ISBN-10:** 0241460247
**ISBN-13:** 978-0241460245
**Item Weight:** 559 g
**Dimensions:** 16.2 x 3.3 x 24 cm
**Description:**
In "Crack-Up Capitalism," author Quinn Slobodian explores the impact of globalization on the traditional map of nation-states. While the world appears as a patchwork of nation-states on maps, the true centers of power have shifted. Since the 1990s, globalization has led to the emergence of new legal entities, such as tax havens, free ports, city-states, gated enclaves, and special economic zones. These spaces are often exempt from typical forms of regulation, taxation, and mutual obligations. Ultracapitalists believe that these zones allow them to escape the constraints of democratic governance and oversight.
Slobodian takes readers on a journey alongside some of the most notorious radical libertarians, including figures like Milton Friedman and Peter Thiel, as they search for the ideal location to realize their free-market fantasies. The quest spans from Hong Kong in the 1970s to South Africa during the late apartheid era, from the neo-Confederate South to the medieval City of London, and even into the world's oceans and war zones. Through this journey, Slobodian traces the relentless pursuit of a blank slate where capitalism and democracy can be completely separated.
"Crack-Up Capitalism" offers a gripping historical account of recent developments and provides a sobering look at the potential future where capitalism and democracy become uncoupled.
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