The Relationship Between Radical Libertarians and Neoliberals

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Radical libertarians and neoliberals are sometimes the same people, says Julian Zelizer. They see someone like Hayek as having betrayed the tradition of the market by conceding that one can have regular elections or some degree of compensation for extreme hardship. But they also believe in the possibility of a truly stateless order with Rothbard rather than Mises.

Featuring Quinn Slobodian on Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. Radical libertarians, including anarcho-capitalists like Murray Rothbard, envision a world of micro-polities governed by private property and contract. In fact, we already live in their world, a world of zones—places where special rules tailor-made for capitalists prevail over the ordinary laws of the nation-state. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Listen to Quinn's interview on Globalists thedigradio.com/podcast/a-history-of-neoliberalism-with-quinn-slobodian Buy Angela Davis: An Autobiography haymarketbooks.org/books/2001-angela-davis Buy Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-let-this-radicalize-you