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Podcast: Bungacast
Episode: Excerpt: /386/ Reading Club: Globalisation (III & IV)
Description: Double episode! On Giovanni Arrighi's Adam Smith in Beijing.
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We wrap up the 2023 syllabus by taking on the second half of Arrighi's book, in which he analyses the over-reach and decline of the US empire, and whether China's rise and role in world affairs presents a different model, one that might be more peaceful. We discuss:
How important was the neo-cons' Project for a New American Century?
What were the long-term consequences of the Iraq invasion?
What do we make of Arrighi's theoretical account of imperialism and the tension between territorial and capitalistic logics?
Did th...