Aufhebunga Bunga

On Giovanni Arrighi's Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century   [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive]   We discuss the Introduction and Part 1 of this landmark book from 2008 and ask if Arrighi's vision of China, the West and the structure of the global economy was correct.   Points discussed: What's at stake in thinking of East Asian growth as a renaissance, or correction of the historical blip of European ascendency? How compelling is the account of East Asian success as a fusion of industrious and industrial revolution? Was Arrighi right to focus on the neoconservative Project for a New American Century? What do we think about Adam Smith's account of different classes' capacity for political action What's at stake in the revisionist view of Adam Smith as pro-state Enlightenment thinker rather than patron saint of the free market? Subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast Links: Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century, Giovanni Arrighi, Verso (2008) The Left Hemispher