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Quinn Slobodian

Quinn Slobodian is Marion Butler McLean Professor of the History of Ideas at Wellesley College. His most recent book is Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy.

Articles

Defying conventional political labels and capitalizing on widespread distrust, a range of new movements share the conviction that all power is conspiracy.

William Callison, Quinn Slobodian

Three new books paint a chilling portrait of darkness in Wall Street, the law, and technology. But the apocalyptic metaphors obscure the real problem, hindering how we fight back.

Quinn Slobodian

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