Quinn Slobodian

Quinn Slobodian is Professor of International History at Boston University. His latest book is Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. (May 2024)

The Return of Trump—II

On Gaza, trade, con men, sinking feelings, the federal workforce, and “Brexit plus plus plus.”

November 9, 2024

Safe Havens

The UK’s “second empire” of tax-free jurisdictions around the world persists despite the overwhelming evidence that it enables corruption, drains public budgets, and exacerbates inequality.

Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World’s Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything

by Oliver Bullough

Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire

by Kojo Koram

May 23, 2024 issue

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