Instruments of Capitalism (with authors Clara Mattei & Quinn Slobodian)
Join us for a book talk with scholars Clara E. Mattei (The Capital Order) and Quinn Slobodian (Crack-Up Capitalism) as they discuss and connect the themes from their newest books. Joined by historian Adam Tooze (Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy), their discussion will illuminate the economic systems and strategies—from austerity, to tax havens, and beyond—that serve as the instruments that uphold and protect the capitalist system.

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Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced

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The Story of Capital: Book Launch with David Harvey in Conversation with Adam Tooze

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The dangerous ideas behind Trump and the global far-right | Quinn Slobodian on the Prospect Podcast

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Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson

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Emerging Situation: Anthropic's Global Pause, Recursive Self-Improvement, and AI Personhood Arrives

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Trump, the State, and Global Capital with Steve Maher and Clara Mattei

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Hayek's Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man | John Perkins Interview with Marc Beckman

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"Crack-Up Capitalism": Historian Quinn Slobodian on Trump, Musk & Movement to "Shatter" the State

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Quinn Slobodian – Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism

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Israel on trial | feat. Roy K. Altman

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The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism

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How America Is Losing the World | Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson

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The Middle Class Is COLLAPSING. Fascism Could Be Next | Aaron Bastani Meets Clara Mattei

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"Israel: What Went Wrong?": Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov & Haaretz's Gideon Levy Debate Zionism

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Quinn Slobodian - Globalists

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World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx

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Why Building AI Data Centres Isn’t Working Anymore

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Prof Quinn Slobodian - Crack-Up Capitalism: Profiting from Fear in the Time of Pandemic

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