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Late Soviet Britain

Why Materialist Utopias Fail
Book • 2023
Late Soviet Britain explores the unexpected parallels between Soviet socialism and neoliberalism, highlighting how both ideologies rely on closed-system reasoning that neglects empirical reality.

Abby Innes argues that this approach has led to the weakening of Britain's governing institutions and democratic instability.

The book offers a unique perspective on the crisis of liberal democracy by comparing the political economies of these seemingly disparate systems.

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Recommended by Rory Stewart as a well-observed, wry, and inventive book about the UK's economic policy.
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