The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Fascism

A provocative examination of the ways our economy has been rigged by financialization, and the importance of games to our dangerous political moment.

In an age when capitalism feels like an unwinnable game, extreme reactionary ideas and politics are on the rise. The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, Squid Game and much of reality TV are cultural reflections of a society of relentless, lonely competition, where each of us must become a player: a savvy risk-taker, a miniature corporation of one. ...