‘By the 1850s, it becomes clear to a strain of British liberals that free trade is more than a matter of simply trading – you have to force people to trade freely.’
This week, Grace speaks to Alexander Zevin, assistant professor of history at City University of New York, an editor at New Left Review, and author of Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist.
Their conversation covers a host of interesting questions, including about the liberal ideology, whether it’s in crisis – and where the liberal rules-based world order goes next.
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