a new political economy of freedom
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Andrea Capussela
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Capussela
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new political economy of freedom
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Product details
- ISBN 9781509564835
- Weight: 227g
- Dimensions: 137 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 21 Nov 2025
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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We cling to a distorted idea of freedom. To be free, we commonly think, means to be unconstrained. This widespread belief makes our societies less fair, as it fails to confront that freedom to act can mean freedom to dominate. But, as Andrea Capussela argues in this highly original combination of philosophy and economics, that is not all: it also makes us less prosperous.
True freedom, Capussela writes, arises when no one is subject to another’s will, be that the will of an employer, Big Tech, or the so-called elite. A society that strives toward this higher ideal will become more innovative, as increasing numbers of people are granted enough security to flourish, experiment, and take risks. Capussela intertwines political philosophy with cutting-edge theories of economic growth, presenting the synergy between them as the basis for political programmes that can help western democracies rise above the legacy of neoliberalism and overcome their crisis.
True freedom, Capussela writes, arises when no one is subject to another’s will, be that the will of an employer, Big Tech, or the so-called elite. A society that strives toward this higher ideal will become more innovative, as increasing numbers of people are granted enough security to flourish, experiment, and take risks. Capussela intertwines political philosophy with cutting-edge theories of economic growth, presenting the synergy between them as the basis for political programmes that can help western democracies rise above the legacy of neoliberalism and overcome their crisis.
Andrea Lorenzo Capussela is currently a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, and previously served as the head of the economics unit of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo. He wrote State-Building in Kosovo (Bloomsbury, 2015) and The Political Economy of Italy's Decline (Oxford University Press, 2018), and published opinion pieces on the Guardian, Grand Continent, and the Financial Times.
