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Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit, from the Era of Decolonization to the Digital Age // Raymond B. Craib

Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit, from the Era of Decolonization to the Digital Age // Raymond B. Craib

2022, PM Press, 304 pages


#politics #politicaleconomy #capitalism #digitalage #colonialism #raymondcraib


Imagine a capitalist paradise. An island utopia governed solely by the rules of the market and inspired by the fictions of Ayn Rand and Robinson Crusoe. Sound far-fetched? It may not be. 


“The libertarian quest for ‘land no one is using’ inevitably finds ‘land that is used by all,’ and the ugly conflation of the two sends the champions of personal liberty in search of guns, indentured servants, and death squads.”

—Cory Doctorow


“They don't like hobbles and they can't stand fences, and so today’s libertarian frontiersmen are looking for land, lots of land, perhaps in New Zealand. Or maybe they’ll jet to Mars, build cities in the thick of Honduras or string barges together and create a floating republic, anything to avoid regulations, laws, and oversights. Ray Craib’s brilliant Adventure Capitalism is a fascinating story of some spectacular fiascos, but it also makes a more profound point: there does exist a class of super-billionaires so rich they’d rather leave the world in ruins than admit humans are social beings and our survival requires recognition that we need each other.”

—Greg Grandin


For more information: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1242

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