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Underground Empire by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman

Underground Empire

By Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman

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About Underground Empire

Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman examine the hidden infrastructure of global economic integration. Payment networks, communications systems, and technological dependencies become tools of state power in their account, revealing the strategic consequences of connections once treated mainly as commercial conveniences.

Why I include it

I include this to make globalization concrete: the networks that connect businesses can also create leverage, vulnerability, and political pressure.

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Rise and Strain of Globalization

Explains how payment systems, communications networks, and other economic connections become instruments of state power.

What to look for while reading

Which evidence supports the author's argument, and how does this account change the questions you bring to the other books in this section?

Perspective & context

I bring these books together to compare perspectives and develop judgment. No single author has the final word.

Key themes

  • Rise and Strain of Globalization

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Praise & Reviews

“A revelatory book.”
— Paul Krugman, The New York Times

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