The Divide by Jason Hickel. It's good, but I'm halfway through and it's just getting into the meat of the thesis. He spends a good while setting up the history of colonialism and imperialist coups, which if you read enough lefty books you've read a lot of these summaries.
I'm finding it pretty tough reading on the subject matter front because every time I see something on how much fuckery the World Bank and the IMF have gotten away with I go all :meow-tableflip:
I thought it was interesting that he argues that the structural adjustments weren't originally part of the WTO/IMF program, but were adopted after a coup of the leadership that left the psycho Robert McNamara in charge.
i haven't read the divide, but i started into less is more by hickel a while ago. it definitely feels more lib-friendly but without holding back critiques of capitalism and imperialism. he takes a while to build to his thesis in that too, but i love the grounding in material reality that he sets up to get to his thesis.
The Divide by Jason Hickel. It's good, but I'm halfway through and it's just getting into the meat of the thesis. He spends a good while setting up the history of colonialism and imperialist coups, which if you read enough lefty books you've read a lot of these summaries.
I love rereading the opening chunk where he lays waste to the Pinker perspective, cathartic
I'm finding it pretty tough reading on the subject matter front because every time I see something on how much fuckery the World Bank and the IMF have gotten away with I go all :meow-tableflip:
I thought it was interesting that he argues that the structural adjustments weren't originally part of the WTO/IMF program, but were adopted after a coup of the leadership that left the psycho Robert McNamara in charge.
i haven't read the divide, but i started into less is more by hickel a while ago. it definitely feels more lib-friendly but without holding back critiques of capitalism and imperialism. he takes a while to build to his thesis in that too, but i love the grounding in material reality that he sets up to get to his thesis.
i'll have to check out the divide!