Neoliberalism, Fascism, and the Order of Capital: Spectre Issue 12 Launch
Mon Jan 12 2026
How do we understand the new authoritarianism that has emerged in the context of global instabilities, trade wars, imperial rivalries, and political polarization? Is neoliberalism being replaced by authoritarianism or welded to it? Join Clara Mattei and David McNally for a discussion of these issues explored in the new issue of Spectre Journal.
Speakers:
Clara E. Mattei is Professor of Economics at The University of Tulsa and the President of FREE: Forum for Real Economic Emancipation. She is the author of The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism.
David McNally is the author of Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History. An editor of Spectre journal, he teaches history in Houston where he also directs the Project on Race and Capitalism.
This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books and Spectre Journal.
Watch the live event recording: https://www.youtube.com/live/PTS-cJ37SWc
Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org
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How do we understand the new authoritarianism that has emerged in the context of global instabilities, trade wars, imperial rivalries, and political polarization? Is neoliberalism being replaced by authoritarianism or welded to it? Join Clara Mattei and David McNally for a discussion of these issues explored in the new issue of Spectre Journal. Speakers: Clara E. Mattei is Professor of Economics at The University of Tulsa and the President of FREE: Forum for Real Economic Emancipation. She is the author of The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism. David McNally is the author of Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History. An editor of Spectre journal, he teaches history in Houston where he also directs the Project on Race and Capitalism. This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books and Spectre Journal. Watch the live event recording: https://www.youtube.com/live/PTS-cJ37SWc Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org