{"product_id":"alt-finance","title":"Alt-Finance","description":"\u003cp\u003ePowerful financial forces have supported the neoliberal project since the 1980s to advance their interests; but there are now signs that these forces have a new face and a new strategy. The majority of the British finance sector threw its support behind Britain leaving the European Union, a flagship institution of neoliberalism. Beyond this counterintuitive move, what was really happening and why? \u003cem\u003eAlt-Finance\u003c\/em\u003e examines a new authoritarian turn in financialised democracies, focusing on the City of London, revealing a dangerous alternative political project in the making.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n In a clash with traditional finance, the new behemoths of financial capital - hedge funds, private equity firms and real estate funds - have started to cohere around a set of political beliefs, promoting libertarian, authoritarian, climate-denying and Eurosceptic views. Protecting investments, supressing social dissent and reducing state interference are at the core of their mission for a new world order.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n By following the money, the authors provide indisputable evidence of these worrying developments. Through a clear analysis of the international dealings of this new authoritarian-libertarian regime, not just in Britain but in the US and Brazil, we can understand how our world is being shaped against our will by struggles between dominant groups.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225303208280,"sku":"9780745346854","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780745346854_8a278922-7748-4afc-90d9-692ae238b42c.jpg?v=1780387249","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/alt-finance","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}