{"product_id":"crackup-capitalism-9780241460245","title":"CrackUp Capitalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimely and important\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e eye-opening\u003c\/b\u003e ... Slobodian has done us a great service, identifying a phenomenon that needs unmasking. -- Will Hutton * The Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGonzo brilliance \u003c\/b\u003e... Unique and highly entertaining. -- Felix Martin * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcellent \u003c\/b\u003e... A new generation of swashbuckling billionaires entertain the prospect of secession, using their money to realize fantasies of escape, whether through seasteading or spaceships. -- Jennifer Szalai * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eAfter reading historian Quinn Slobodian's new book, \u003cb\u003eyou are not likely to think about capitalism the same way\u003c\/b\u003e ... great fun to read ... \u003cb\u003ean important guide to the current struggle over how the ruling class rules.\u003c\/b\u003e And Slobodian ultimately raises the question of whether there are cracks in the system, or whether the cracks \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e the system. -- Max B. Sawicky * Jacobin *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn important historical corrective\u003c\/b\u003e to the myths, fantasies and occlusions that have allowed dystopias such as Dubai to be presented as models for \"the west\" to learn from. Many of the men whose manifestos and dreams Slobodian surveys simply don't know what they're talking about. One wonders if they ever wanted to learn in the first place. -- William Davies * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eRanging from Liechtenstein to Somalia, and from Hong Kong to Silicon Valley, Quinn Slobodian's \u003ci\u003eCrack-Up Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e exposes how zones of exception promise capitalism an escape from the confines of the modern state and the constraints of democracy. \u003cb\u003eRevelatory reading. \u003c\/b\u003eA worthy successor to Slobodian's brilliant \u003ci\u003eGlobalists\u003c\/i\u003e. -- Adam Tooze, author of Crashed\u003cbr\u003eSlobodian has written \u003cb\u003ea fascinating account of the sheer hubris of the market radicals\u003c\/b\u003e who have sought to free capitalism from democracy first by transforming the world's political geography and now by abandoning the material world. \u003cb\u003eHe tells this important story with verve and considerable insight.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Helen Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLively ... an engaging and fluently written account \u003c\/b\u003eof the dreams of many philosophers, economists and, frankly, oddballs who have grown impatient with the shackles of the big state. ... Slobodian is keen to highlight the often anti-democratic impulses of libertarian thinkers. ... While the yearning is simple and admirable, the road map to reaching utopia is quite complicated. -- Kwasi Kwarteng * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompelling\u003c\/b\u003e ... a challenge not just to traditional narratives of political power, but also to liberal assumptions about freedom. -- Kojo Koram * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003efascinating and important\u003c\/b\u003e book, which brings to the surface some of the deepest political undercurrents of our times. \u003ci\u003eCrack-Up Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean exemplary use of history to illuminate the present\u003c\/b\u003e, forcing us to reassess what we thought we knew about the contemporary world. -- Hari Kunzru, author of Red Pill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevelatory.\u003c\/b\u003e In this \u003cb\u003ehead-spinner of a book\u003c\/b\u003e, Quinn Slobodian shows how zones, islands, micronations, gated communities, and cyber realms are remaking our planet. The capitalist future they portend isn't a borderless utopia but a jurisdictional shatter belt, where democracy is a distant dream. -- Daniel Immerwahr, author of How to Hide an Empire\u003cbr\u003eWith each new book, Quinn Slobodian adds extraordinary new detail to his ongoing account of 21st-century political and economic arrangements. \u003ci\u003eCrack-up Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e is concerned with the \"zones\" of global space: the micro-divisions and gradations from which the real atomic force of our system derives.  \u003cb\u003eIt's very convincing: get ready to throw out all previous maps.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rana Dasgupta\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCrack-Up Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, Quinn Slobodian takes us on a wild ride through the fenced-in compounds and failed states of today's capitalist world. This \u003cb\u003esharp and wickedly entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e book is a necessary field guide to the LARPers, bloggers, and grifters of the libertarian and anarcho-capitalist world, a warning that they are closer to fulfilling their fantasies than we might think, and \u003cb\u003ea clarion call for collective action to preserve - and greatly expand - democracy as we know it.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won’t Love You Back\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichly documented exposé ... An insightful piercing of the veil of nation-states\u003c\/b\u003e to reveal capitalism's frightening, anti-democratic tendencies. * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gifted storyteller ...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ea critical wake-up call\u003c\/b\u003e .... revealing the roots of a rot many have hitherto been unable to name and confront. By opening that portal, Slobodian trusts us to take the next steps, confident that in knowing the beast, we might better be able to slay it. * Quill \u0026amp; Quire *\u003cbr\u003eSlobodian's vivid description of zones shows us why our political system can no longer be said to be democratic ... \u003cb\u003eSlobodian wakes us up to democracy's underthrow\u003c\/b\u003e: decentralization is a strategy for its unraveling, not its salvation. -- Jodi Dean * Los Angeles Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eDemocracy is already facing numerous threats from factions on the right who question the legitimacy of election results that don't go their way. \u003ci\u003eCrack-Up Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e is a reminder that this political challenge is only one of a number of fronts in the sustained attack on American democracy. -- Adam M. Lowenstein * The Atlantic *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sound intellectual investment, an insightful read\u003c\/b\u003e ... Would definitely recommend. * The British Army Review *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400393007447,"sku":"9780241460245","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crackup-capitalism-9780241460245","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}