![]() ![]() Slobodian’s core argument is that parallel to the universalisation – and globalisation – of capitalism since the second World War has been the fragmentation of political jurisdictions: not just more countries, but more special regimes within countries. ![]() They see democracy as a constraint on their freedom to pursue profit. ![]() He and his ilk are recurring bogeymen in this story. Early on we are introduced to PayPal-founding billionaire and Trump backer Peter Thiel, who calls on fellow libertarians “to find an escape from politics in all its forms”. In Crack-Up Capitalism, historian Quinn Slobodian offers an intriguing new slant on this tension. Of course, capitalism can and does exist in the absence of universal suffrage. Martin Wolf’s The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, recently reviewed in this publication, charts the symbiotic rise of capitalism and democracy, despite their being in tension with each other. ![]()
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