meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Dig

A History of Neoliberalism w/ Quinn Slobodian

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2022

⏱️ 136 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Featuring Quinn Slobodian on his book Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism. The story of neoliberalism’s Geneva School—including Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Wilhelm Röpke—and their vision for a new global order to protect the market from democratic forces in the metropole and across the decolonizing world. An interview from archives first conducted in November 2018.

Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig

Check out these Haymarket titles:
Keywords for Capitalism by John Patrick Leary haymarketbooks.org/books/1886-keywords-for-capitalism
Struggle Makes Us Human by Vijay Prashad haymarketbooks.org/books/1869-struggle-makes-us-human

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com

0:04.7

and by Haymarket Books, which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.

0:11.6

One that you might like is, struggle makes us human, learning from movements for socialism

0:17.0

by Vijay Prasad. In this book of interviews with international solidarity organizer Frank Barat,

0:23.2

renowned author and activist Vijay Prasad, shows that the path toward hope and liberation

0:28.7

lies in looking closely at myriad undercover struggles being waged all across the world

0:34.4

by workers in countries such as India, Kenya, Peru, Tunisia and Argentina.

0:41.1

Struggle makes us human is an incisive and inspiring call from one of the international

0:45.6

left's foremost thinkers to look beyond capitalism to chart a roadmap for a planet

0:51.6

ravaged by pandemics, climate crises and wars. Struggle makes us human by Vijay Prasad,

0:59.9

out now from Haymarket Books, and available at haymarketbooks.org where US and UK readers

1:06.0

receive free shipping on orders over $25 and 25 pounds respectively.

1:12.2

This week I'm posting my interview with Quinz Labodian on his book Globalists,

1:24.4

The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism. It tells the story of Neoliberalism's Geneva School,

1:31.4

people like Ludwig van Mises, Friedrich Hayek and Willem Rupke, and their vision for a new imperial order

1:38.4

that would establish rules to protect the market from democracy. It's a movement that begins

1:44.6

with nostalgia for a bygone Habsburg Empire, moves on to fights against the decolonized world's

1:50.8

efforts to create a new international economic order, or NIEO, and then plays a key role in forming

1:57.8

both the European economic community and the WTO. The interview is from nearly four years ago.

2:05.7

November 2018, I have been doing this podcast a while. Wow, I'm posting it today because it's

2:13.1

August, and as you are likely aware, we are still on a part-time summer schedule. Next week,

2:18.9

I'll be back to my regular schedule of weekly shows, but I'm also posting this episode today,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Daniel Denvir, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Daniel Denvir and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.