A Wild Live with Grace Blakeley about neoliberalism and collapse

About this episode

Sarah Wilson interviews Grace Blakeley about neoliberalism, capitalism, and the Left's response to the rise of oligarchs.

Wild has been on hiatus while I finish my most recent book. We’ll be back with a fresh direction and new guests in the coming months, but in the meantime I’m dropping in a small handful of interviews I’ve been doing on Substack that you might find interesting. They’re far more rustic and casual than my usual offerings. You can, of course, watch the video versions over on Substack . My guest today is Grace Blakeley , who explores the intersections of capitalism, politics, and economics… and pretty much everything that’s happening right now — from tariffs to collapsing stock markets on her Substack, Grace Blakeley . She is the author of  Stolen ,  The Corona Crash , and  Vulture Capitalism , and edited  Futures of Socialism . In this chat, we cover specifically her commentary about what the Left can do to respond to the rise of the oligarchs. You can read her original call-to-arms essay here . PS: My new book, I Eat the Stars , will be out worldwide in May/June 2026. If you’re curious, you can read the serialised version over on Substack . Today’s chat touches on a few of the themes I explore in that work. -- If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Wilson

Guest: Grace Blakeley

Topics covered

• neoliberalism
• capitalism
• politics
• economics
• oligarchs
• Left response

Keywords

• neoliberalism
• capitalism
• Grace Blakeley
• oligarchs
• politics
• economics
• I Eat the Stars

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Stolen, The Corona Crash, Vulture Capitalism, Futures of Socialism, I Eat the Stars

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