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Political Theory
The Three Failures of Neoliberalism and Europe’s Democratic Renewal
Emanuele Felice 31 October 2025

Neoliberalism is a political ideology that, in its most “kindly” interpretation, places economic freedom at the center, as both the key and foundation for all other freedoms. Since the 1970s, it has taken shape through a set of principles, especially in economic policy, applied with varying degrees of intensity and consistency by nearly every country in the world.
Political Theory
As U.S. Hegemony Founders, can the E.U. Step up to the Plate?
Michele Salvati 31 October 2025

The democracies born in the last century are facing a deep crisis. Rivalries among factions of transnational capital and between states are reshaping the relationship between economics and politics in chaotic and unpredictable ways. As U.S. hegemony wavers, and Europe seeks greater autonomy, nationalism and authoritarian tendencies are resurfacing. In this unsettled landscape, the Left struggles to find a common voice, while new social and cultural energies are trying to imagine a future in which freedom is no longer a privilege of the market. On these issues, Reset DOC spoke with Michele Salvati, emeritus professor of Political Economy at the University of Milan.
Political Theory
Capitalism and Democracy: An Introduction
Fulvia Giachetti 31 October 2025

What is liberté? Freedom. What kind of freedom? The freedom to do whatever one wants within the limits of the law. When can one do whatever one wants? When one possesses a million. Does freedom allow everyone to have a million? No, it doesn’t. What is a person without a million? A person without a million is not someone who does whatever they want, but someone to whom others do whatever they want.” Thus wrote Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1862, upon returning from his first trip to Europe. In just a few lines, the Russian writer grasped a contradiction that would come to define all modern political thought: the promise of universal freedom versus the reality of a freedom distributed according to wealth. What at the time sounded like a moral provocation now returns as a historical diagnosis of the increasingly worn-out relationship between capitalism and democracy, one that fully embraces the crisis of liberalism and that of freedom.
Political Theory
Slobodian: Beyond Neoliberalism, Techno-Feudal Dystopias Riding the Far Right’s Wave
Fulvia Giachetti 9 April 2025

Are we witnessing the rise of a new world order—one ruled not by governments, but by private armies, tech tycoons, and corporate fiefdoms? What sounds like dystopian fiction may, in fact, reflect the dream of a fringe of anarcho-capitalists, now alarmingly close to real power, especially within the ascendant far right. But is it really a “Techno-Feudal” turn or something more fragmented and chaotic? To make sense of the forces at play—their ambitions, strategies, and contradictions—Reset DOC spoke with historian Quinn Slobodian, author of Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World without Democracy.
Political Theory
Postliberalism(s): A Brief History of a Resurgent Ideology – With Chris Wright
Fulvia Giachetti 19 February 2025

Like any “ism,” liberalism is many things, but its diverse conceptual and political values are undeniably in crisis. From Viktor Orbán’s embrace of “illiberal democracy” and Donald Trump’s incendiary rhetoric to the British Blue Labour’s pro-worker yet anti-woke stance, reactions to liberalism’s decline vary widely. Yet, they share a common thread: postliberalism. Postliberalism itself is complex. To unpack its nuances, Reset DOC spoke with Chris Wright, history professor at the City University of New York and author of Popular Radicalism and the Unemployed in Chicago during the Great Depression.
Books, Political Theory
Will Precarity Capitalism Survive the Pandemic?
James K. Galbraith 17 April 2020

Albena Azmanova’s latest book invites to re-interpret the history of modern capitalism, and to analyse its crises and resilence under new light.