🕰️ Neoliberalism History

The intellectual and political history of how a fringe economic philosophy became the dominant global ideology, tracing its architects, institutions, and decisive victories.

Globalists

by Quinn Slobodian • 2018

Neoliberalism never freed markets. It gave capital rights that no vote could take away.

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🧠 Intellectual History 💰 Political Economy 💼 Neoliberalism 🌐 Global Governance 📖 History Of Economic Thought

Globalists 93%

Neoliberalism never freed markets. It gave capital rights that no vote could take away.

by Quinn Slobodian 2018

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🧠 Intellectual History 💰 Political Economy 💼 Neoliberalism 🌐 Global Governance 📖 History Of Economic Thought

Thinking like an Economist

by Elizabeth Popp Berman • 2022

How efficiency-driven economics took over US policy, even from liberals, and what it left behind.

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📜 Economic Policy History 🌐 Neoliberalism ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🏛️ Law And Economics 💰 Market Fundamentalism

Thinking like an Economist 93%

How efficiency-driven economics took over US policy, even from liberals, and what it left behind.

by Elizabeth Popp Berman 2022

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213 ratings

📜 Economic Policy History 🌐 Neoliberalism ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🏛️ Law And Economics 💰 Market Fundamentalism

The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order

by Gary Gerstle • 2022

How free-market ideology conquered America, then collapsed under the weight of its own crises.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Neoliberalism 🔄 Political Realignment ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order Summary

The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order 93%

How free-market ideology conquered America, then collapsed under the weight of its own crises.

by Gary Gerstle 2022

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🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Neoliberalism 🔄 Political Realignment ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Big Myth

by Naomi Oreskes • 2023

Free market worship was never ancient wisdom. It was a business propaganda campaign.

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📉 Economic Myths 🏢 Corporate Lobbying 📢 Propaganda History 🌪️ Deregulation Disasters ⛓️‍💥 Free Market Critique

The Big Myth 93%

Free market worship was never ancient wisdom. It was a business propaganda campaign.

by Naomi Oreskes 2023

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712 ratings

📉 Economic Myths 🏢 Corporate Lobbying 📢 Propaganda History 🌪️ Deregulation Disasters ⛓️‍💥 Free Market Critique

A Brief History of Neoliberalism

by David Harvey • 2005

Free markets were sold as prosperity for all. They were a strategy to restore elite power.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Neoliberal Critique ⚖️ Class Analysis 💥 Crisis Capitalism 🏦 Financialization

A Brief History of Neoliberalism Summary

A Brief History of Neoliberalism 93%

Free markets were sold as prosperity for all. They were a strategy to restore elite power.

by David Harvey 2005

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Neoliberal Critique ⚖️ Class Analysis 💥 Crisis Capitalism 🏦 Financialization

Crack-Up Capitalism

by Quinn Slobodian • 2023

The global map is riddled with over 5,400 holes, each a lab for escaping democracy.

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🏛️ Neoliberalism 🌐 Global Capitalism 🏴 Anarcho-Capitalism 💰 Tax Havens 🗽 Libertarianism

Crack-Up Capitalism 93%

The global map is riddled with over 5,400 holes, each a lab for escaping democracy.

by Quinn Slobodian 2023

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🏛️ Neoliberalism 🌐 Global Capitalism 🏴 Anarcho-Capitalism 💰 Tax Havens 🗽 Libertarianism

Capitalism

by James Fulcher • 2001

Crises aren't bugs in capitalism: they are its rhythm. Globalization is more myth than fact.

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🕰️ Economic History 🔍 Comparative Capitalism 📉 Financial Crises 🌐 Globalization 🏛️ Neoliberalism

Capitalism 92%

Crises aren't bugs in capitalism: they are its rhythm. Globalization is more myth than fact.

by James Fulcher 2001

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🕰️ Economic History 🔍 Comparative Capitalism 📉 Financial Crises 🌐 Globalization 🏛️ Neoliberalism

The Power of Market Fundamentalism

by Fred L. Block • 2014

The self-regulating market was always a fiction. Enforcing it consumes the society that created it.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Sociology 🚫 Market Fundamentalism 💰 Commodification 🛡️ Social Protection

The Power of Market Fundamentalism Summary

The Power of Market Fundamentalism 92%

The self-regulating market was always a fiction. Enforcing it consumes the society that created it.

by Fred L. Block 2014

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67 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Sociology 🚫 Market Fundamentalism 💰 Commodification 🛡️ Social Protection

The Age of Abundance

by Brink Lindsey • 2007

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

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🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture ⛪ Evangelical Politics 🏛️ Political Realignment

The Age of Abundance 92%

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

by Brink Lindsey 2007

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134 ratings

🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture ⛪ Evangelical Politics 🏛️ Political Realignment

Marketcrafters

by Chris Hughes • 2025

Free markets are a myth. A century of government building and bailing out the American economy.

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🏛️ Economic History ⚖️ Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🏦 Central Banking 📋 Financial Regulation

Marketcrafters 92%

Free markets are a myth. A century of government building and bailing out the American economy.

by Chris Hughes 2025

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178 ratings

🏛️ Economic History ⚖️ Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🏦 Central Banking 📋 Financial Regulation

Slouching Towards Utopia

by J. Bradford DeLong • 2022

The engine of mass prosperity was built after 1870. We never learned to steer it toward utopia.

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📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Economy 🗓️ Twentieth Century ⚙️ Technological Revolutions 💰 Income Inequality

Slouching Towards Utopia 92%

The engine of mass prosperity was built after 1870. We never learned to steer it toward utopia.

by J. Bradford DeLong 2022

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📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Economy 🗓️ Twentieth Century ⚙️ Technological Revolutions 💰 Income Inequality

Goliath

by Matt Stoller • 2019

A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.

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⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🏢 Corporate Power 🔄 Neoliberalism 📜 New Deal Economics 🎓 Chicago School Economics

Goliath 92%

A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.

by Matt Stoller 2019

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⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🏢 Corporate Power 🔄 Neoliberalism 📜 New Deal Economics 🎓 Chicago School Economics

Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?

by Robert Kuttner • 2018

Centrists killed the alternative to laissez-faire. Now the far right is rising from the corpse.

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🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🏦 Financial Deregulation 👷 Precarious Work 🚩 Authoritarian Populism

Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? Summary

Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? 92%

Centrists killed the alternative to laissez-faire. Now the far right is rising from the corpse.

by Robert Kuttner 2018

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318 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🏦 Financial Deregulation 👷 Precarious Work 🚩 Authoritarian Populism

Invisible Doctrine

by George Monbiot • 2024

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

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🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Invisible Doctrine 92%

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

by George Monbiot 2024

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🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

The Shock Doctrine

by Naomi Klein • 2007

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

The Shock Doctrine 92%

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

by Naomi Klein 2007

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

Anti-System Politics

by Jonathan Hopkin • 2020

Market rule produces its own opposition: anti-system left and right are the predictable backlash.

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🏛 Political Economy 💰 Neoliberalism 🗳 Populism ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📉 Financial Crisis

Anti-System Politics 92%

Market rule produces its own opposition: anti-system left and right are the predictable backlash.

by Jonathan Hopkin 2020

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51 ratings

🏛 Political Economy 💰 Neoliberalism 🗳 Populism ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📉 Financial Crisis

Capitalizing on Crisis

by Greta R. Krippner • 2011

Financialization was no blueprint. It was the state’s accidental escape from a crisis of legitimacy.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Financial History 📉 Financial Deregulation 🏦 Monetary Policy 🎭 Depoliticization

Capitalizing on Crisis 92%

Financialization was no blueprint. It was the state’s accidental escape from a crisis of legitimacy.

by Greta R. Krippner 2011

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🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Financial History 📉 Financial Deregulation 🏦 Monetary Policy 🎭 Depoliticization

Kicking Away the Ladder

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2002

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

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🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

Kicking Away the Ladder 92%

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2002

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🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

Hayek's Bastards

by Quinn Slobodian • 2025

The far right didn't reject neoliberalism. It grew inside it, blending markets with race science.

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🏛️ Austrian Economics ⚡ Far Right Ideology 🧬 Race And Intelligence 📉 Neoliberalism Critique 💻 Internet Radicalization

Hayek's Bastards 92%

The far right didn't reject neoliberalism. It grew inside it, blending markets with race science.

by Quinn Slobodian 2025

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718 ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics ⚡ Far Right Ideology 🧬 Race And Intelligence 📉 Neoliberalism Critique 💻 Internet Radicalization

Unholy Trinity

by Richard Peet • 2003

Wall Street's enforcers: how three institutions built an economic order the poor never chose.

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🏦 Neoliberal Critique 🌐 Global Governance 📉 Structural Adjustment 📊 Political Economy ⚖️ Global Inequality

Unholy Trinity 92%

Wall Street's enforcers: how three institutions built an economic order the poor never chose.

by Richard Peet 2003

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147 ratings

🏦 Neoliberal Critique 🌐 Global Governance 📉 Structural Adjustment 📊 Political Economy ⚖️ Global Inequality

Bad Samaritans

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2007

Rich nations preach free trade. Their own history is tariffs, state planning, and stolen patents.

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🏗️ Development Economics 📜 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy ⚖️ Neoliberal Critique 🔄 Heterodox Economics

Bad Samaritans 92%

Rich nations preach free trade. Their own history is tariffs, state planning, and stolen patents.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2007

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🏗️ Development Economics 📜 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy ⚖️ Neoliberal Critique 🔄 Heterodox Economics

Liberalism

by Edmund Fawcett • 2014

Liberalism is a two-century argument, not a creed: over freedom, power, and who belongs.

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🏛️ Political Theory 💡 Intellectual History 🗽 Liberal Tradition 📊 Political Economy 🗳️ Democratic Theory

Liberalism 92%

Liberalism is a two-century argument, not a creed: over freedom, power, and who belongs.

by Edmund Fawcett 2014

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🏛️ Political Theory 💡 Intellectual History 🗽 Liberal Tradition 📊 Political Economy 🗳️ Democratic Theory

The Economists' Hour

by Binyamin Appelbaum • 2019

How economists seized power and spent forty years unleashing markets, no matter the human cost.

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🏛️ Economic History ⚖️ Political Economy 🏫 Chicago School 📈 Market Fundamentalism 🔓 Deregulation

The Economists' Hour 92%

How economists seized power and spent forty years unleashing markets, no matter the human cost.

by Binyamin Appelbaum 2019

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🏛️ Economic History ⚖️ Political Economy 🏫 Chicago School 📈 Market Fundamentalism 🔓 Deregulation

When They Call You a Terrorist

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors • 2018

Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.

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🐘 Conservative Populism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🗳️ Party Realignment 🦅 Neoconservatism ☕ Tea Party Movement

When They Call You a Terrorist 92%

Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018

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🐘 Conservative Populism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🗳️ Party Realignment 🦅 Neoconservatism ☕ Tea Party Movement

Sunbelt Capitalism

by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer • 2013

How Phoenix elites seized government, broke unions, and built a corporate model that remade America.

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☀️ Sunbelt Politics 🏗️ Urban Development 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Anti-Union Politics 🏛️ Political Economy

Sunbelt Capitalism 92%

How Phoenix elites seized government, broke unions, and built a corporate model that remade America.

by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer 2013

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☀️ Sunbelt Politics 🏗️ Urban Development 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Anti-Union Politics 🏛️ Political Economy

The New Class War

by Michael Lind • 2017

A new class war is on: the college-educated managerial minority versus the working majority.

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⚔️ Class Conflict 🏭 Labor Relations 📢 Populism Studies ⚙️ Technocracy Critique ⚖️ Countervailing Power

The New Class War 91%

A new class war is on: the college-educated managerial minority versus the working majority.

by Michael Lind 2017

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⚔️ Class Conflict 🏭 Labor Relations 📢 Populism Studies ⚙️ Technocracy Critique ⚖️ Countervailing Power

Silent Coup

by Claire Provost • 2023

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

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🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

Silent Coup 91%

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

by Claire Provost 2023

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277 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

In the Ruins of Neoliberalism

by Wendy Brown • 2019

The right-wing populism unraveling democracy didn't defeat neoliberalism. It built it.

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🏛️ Political Theory 💰 Neoliberalism Critique 📢 Authoritarian Populism 📖 Critical Theory 📚 Intellectual History

In the Ruins of Neoliberalism 91%

The right-wing populism unraveling democracy didn't defeat neoliberalism. It built it.

by Wendy Brown 2019

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480 ratings

🏛️ Political Theory 💰 Neoliberalism Critique 📢 Authoritarian Populism 📖 Critical Theory 📚 Intellectual History

Consequences of Capitalism

by Noam Chomsky • 2020

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Consequences of Capitalism 91%

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

by Noam Chomsky 2020

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🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Hell to Pay

by Michael Lind • 2023

Stagnant wages aren't fate. They were engineered by a decades-long campaign to crush worker power.

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🧑‍🔧 Labor Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Wage Inequality 🪧 Union Decline 🎓 Credentialism

Hell to Pay 91%

Stagnant wages aren't fate. They were engineered by a decades-long campaign to crush worker power.

by Michael Lind 2023

3.93

80 ratings

🧑‍🔧 Labor Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Wage Inequality 🪧 Union Decline 🎓 Credentialism

These United States

by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore • 2015

For fifty years, equality won. Then inequality struck back. A century of America's unfinished fight.

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🇺🇸 Modern American History 💰 Economic Inequality ⚒️ Labor History ✊🏾 Civil Rights Movement 🌐 American Foreign Policy

These United States 91%

For fifty years, equality won. Then inequality struck back. A century of America's unfinished fight.

by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore 2015

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111 ratings

🇺🇸 Modern American History 💰 Economic Inequality ⚒️ Labor History ✊🏾 Civil Rights Movement 🌐 American Foreign Policy

A Patriot's History of the United States

by Larry Schweikart • 2004

The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.

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🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 🦅 Patriotic History 📈 Economic History 📜 Founding Era ⚖️ Limited Government

A Patriot's History of the United States Summary

A Patriot's History of the United States 91%

The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.

by Larry Schweikart 2004

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🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 🦅 Patriotic History 📈 Economic History 📜 Founding Era ⚖️ Limited Government

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

by Martin Wolf • 2023

The system that delivered freedom and prosperity is devouring itself from the inside.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 💰 Rent-Seeking 📉 Inequality 🗣️ Populism

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism Summary

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism 91%

The system that delivered freedom and prosperity is devouring itself from the inside.

by Martin Wolf 2023

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🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 💰 Rent-Seeking 📉 Inequality 🗣️ Populism

Transaction Man

by Nicholas Lemann • 2019

America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.

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🏢 Corporate Governance 📜 Financial History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📈 Shareholder Capitalism 🏚️ Institutional Decline

Transaction Man 91%

America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.

by Nicholas Lemann 2019

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318 ratings

🏢 Corporate Governance 📜 Financial History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📈 Shareholder Capitalism 🏚️ Institutional Decline

The Square and the Tower

by Niall Ferguson • 2017

The real shapers of history were not kings but the networks connecting everyone else.

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🌍 World History 💰 Economic History 📜 Big History 🕸️ Network Science 👥 Social Networks

The Square and the Tower 91%

The real shapers of history were not kings but the networks connecting everyone else.

by Niall Ferguson 2017

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🌍 World History 💰 Economic History 📜 Big History 🕸️ Network Science 👥 Social Networks

Vulture Capitalism

by Grace Blakeley • 2024

The free market is a myth: the economy is planned by oligarchs and serves only them.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Neoliberalism 🌍 Imperialism 🗳️ Economic Democracy

Vulture Capitalism 91%

The free market is a myth: the economy is planned by oligarchs and serves only them.

by Grace Blakeley 2024

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Neoliberalism 🌍 Imperialism 🗳️ Economic Democracy

An Empire of Wealth

by John Steele Gordon • 2004

How a scrappy republic became the engine of global capitalism, from canals to microchips.

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🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Capitalism 💰 Financial History ⚙️ Industrial Revolution 🚂 Infrastructure History

An Empire of Wealth 91%

How a scrappy republic became the engine of global capitalism, from canals to microchips.

by John Steele Gordon 2004

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🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Capitalism 💰 Financial History ⚙️ Industrial Revolution 🚂 Infrastructure History

In the Long Run

by Jonathan White • 2024

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

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🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

In the Long Run 91%

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

by Jonathan White 2024

3.78

85 ratings

🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

Capitalism in America

by Alan Greenspan • 2018

America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.

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🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏢 Business History 💵 Monetary History ⚖️ Government And Markets

Capitalism in America 91%

America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.

by Alan Greenspan 2018

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🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏢 Business History 💵 Monetary History ⚖️ Government And Markets

Concrete Economics

by Stephen S. Cohen • 2015

Free markets didn't build American prosperity. Government did, repeatedly, then we forgot.

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🏛️ Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 💰 Financialization

Concrete Economics 91%

Free markets didn't build American prosperity. Government did, repeatedly, then we forgot.

by Stephen S. Cohen 2015

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283 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 💰 Financialization

A Brief History of Equality

by Thomas Piketty • 2021

Western wealth rests on slavery, colonialism, and tax havens. The repair manual exists.

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📈 Economic History 💰 Wealth Inequality 🌍 Colonial Capitalism 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏥 Welfare State

A Brief History of Equality 91%

Western wealth rests on slavery, colonialism, and tax havens. The repair manual exists.

by Thomas Piketty 2021

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📈 Economic History 💰 Wealth Inequality 🌍 Colonial Capitalism 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏥 Welfare State

The Upswing

by Robert D. Putnam • 2020

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

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📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Polarization 🏘️ Civic Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🤝 Social Capital

The Upswing 91%

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

by Robert D. Putnam 2020

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📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Polarization 🏘️ Civic Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🤝 Social Capital

Angrynomics

by Eric Lonergan • 2020

Economic anger has two sources: grievances elites ignore, and tribal rage politicians exploit.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Inequality 🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 😤 Anger And Politics

Angrynomics 91%

Economic anger has two sources: grievances elites ignore, and tribal rage politicians exploit.

by Eric Lonergan 2020

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842 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Inequality 🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 😤 Anger And Politics

The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth

by Benjamin M. Friedman • 2005

Why tolerance and democracy depend on a growing economy, and why stagnation turns societies inward.

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📜 Economic History ⚖️ Moral Economy 🏛️ Political Economy 🕊️ Prosperity And Tolerance 📉 Stagnation And Decline

The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth Summary

The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth 91%

Why tolerance and democracy depend on a growing economy, and why stagnation turns societies inward.

by Benjamin M. Friedman 2005

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255 ratings

📜 Economic History ⚖️ Moral Economy 🏛️ Political Economy 🕊️ Prosperity And Tolerance 📉 Stagnation And Decline

Land of Promise

by Michael Lind • 2012

America's economic history is a tug-of-war between two founders: one who built, one who dismantled.

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📜 Economic History 🏛️ Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Revolutions 🔬 State-Led Innovation 📉 Rising Inequality

Land of Promise 91%

America's economic history is a tug-of-war between two founders: one who built, one who dismantled.

by Michael Lind 2012

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397 ratings

📜 Economic History 🏛️ Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Revolutions 🔬 State-Led Innovation 📉 Rising Inequality

The Great Exception

by Jefferson R. Cowie • 2016

The New Deal era was a historical anomaly built on crisis and compromise; it won't return.

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🏭 Labor History 🗽 20th Century America 📜 New Deal Era 🔄 Revisionist History 💔 Class Fragmentation

The Great Exception 91%

The New Deal era was a historical anomaly built on crisis and compromise; it won't return.

by Jefferson R. Cowie 2016

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203 ratings

🏭 Labor History 🗽 20th Century America 📜 New Deal Era 🔄 Revisionist History 💔 Class Fragmentation

Day of Reckoning

by Benjamin M. Friedman • 1989

The 1980s turned America's prosperity into a mortgage, with the next generation as collateral.

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🏛️ Fiscal Policy ⚖️ Political Economy 💸 National Debt 🇺🇸📉 American Decline 🚢 Trade Deficits

Day of Reckoning 91%

The 1980s turned America's prosperity into a mortgage, with the next generation as collateral.

by Benjamin M. Friedman 1989

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13 ratings

🏛️ Fiscal Policy ⚖️ Political Economy 💸 National Debt 🇺🇸📉 American Decline 🚢 Trade Deficits

The Case for Colonialism

by Bruce Gilley • 2023

Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.

4.32

191

📚 Revisionist History 🏗️ State Building 👑 Imperial History 🌍 Post-Colonial States ⏳ Modernization Theory

The Case for Colonialism 91%

Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.

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4.32

191 ratings

📚 Revisionist History 🏗️ State Building 👑 Imperial History 🌍 Post-Colonial States ⏳ Modernization Theory

The Power Elite and the State

by G. William Domhoff • 1990

Social Security and the IMF were built by the same corporate insiders they supposedly tamed.

3.83

🏛️ Elite Theory 💼 Corporate Influence 📊 Class Analysis 🧠 Think Tank Networks 🏥 Welfare State Origins

The Power Elite and the State 91%

Social Security and the IMF were built by the same corporate insiders they supposedly tamed.

by G. William Domhoff 1990

3.83

6 ratings

🏛️ Elite Theory 💼 Corporate Influence 📊 Class Analysis 🧠 Think Tank Networks 🏥 Welfare State Origins

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by George Friedman • 2020

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

4.05

3k+

🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal 👥 Demographic Shifts 💾 Technology And Society

The Storm Before the Calm 91%

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

by George Friedman 2020

4.05

3k+ ratings

🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal 👥 Demographic Shifts 💾 Technology And Society

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