GLOBALISTS Globalists The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism Quinn slobodian Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2018 Copyright © 2018 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca First printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Slobodian, Quinn, 1978– author. Title: Globalists : the end of empire and the birth of neoliberalism / Quinn Slobodian. Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : Harvard University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017050071 | ISBN 9780674979529 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Globalization— History—20th century. | Neoliberalism— History—20th century. | Capitalism— History—20th century. Classification: LCC JZ1318 .S595 2018 | DDC 320.51/3— dc23 LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2017050071 Cover design: Jill Breitbarth Cover art: Art: Open Window, 1917 (oil paint, mixed media & wax on panel), Juan Gris (1887–1927)/Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA/The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950/Bridgeman Images For M & Y Contents list of abbreviations ix Introduction: Thinking in World O rders 1 1. A World of Walls 27 2. A World of Numbers 55 3. A World of Federations 91 4. A World of Rights 121 5. A World of Races 146 6. A World of Constitutions 182 7. A World of Signals 218 Conclusion: A World of P eople without a People 263 notes 289 acknowl edgments 363 index 365