Counterblasts is Verso's renowned series of punchy, polemic titles attacking the apologists of neo-liberalism and Empire. From Hitch to Bono, no sacred cow or globe-trotting celeb is immune to the excoriating verdicts of these often amusing, always trenchant books.
To mark the latest in the
Counterblasts series,
Japhy Wilson's book on
Jeffrey Sachs, we're offering the chance to win all the books in the series to one lucky entrant. We will also be offering a copy of
Jeffrey Sachs to three runners up. Other books in the series include
The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power),
Unhitched: The Trial of Christopher Hitchens,
The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work,
The Impostor: BHL in Wonderland, and
Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil?Jeffrey Sachs is famous for forging the doctrine that came to be known as 'shock therapy'. Shock therapy is both an economic and political strategy, which entails the sudden implementation of a set of reforms designed to shock an economy from one based on state planning to that of free markets. To read more about the strange world of Jeffrey Sachs, check out our abridged extract from
Wilson's book.To enter the competion simply answer this question: On 2 January 1992 in which country was Jeffrey Sachs' programme of shock therapy implemented?
This competition is no longer open. Thanks for all of the responses we've had!
By
Alex Doherty
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30 May 2014
Élisabeth Roudinesco, author of Lacan: In Spite of Everything, sat down with Laurent Etre on the 9th of September 2011 to discuss the founder of the Paris Freudian school, Jacques Lacan, who, thirty years prior, on 9 September 1981, had passed away—leaving in his wake a generation of followers and dissenters. Élisabeth Roudinesco, a recognised authority on his thought, helps us to grasp his relevance for the present day.
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By
Jordan Skinner
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29 May 2014
AND THE WINNERS ARE....
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you with the winners of the
#Lefebvre competition. Your entries were all so good; it's been a really tough decision. In fact, it probably would have been quicker and easier to sit down and read all 848 pages, back to back, without a break.
But the lines are now closed, your critiques have been well and truly, err, critiqued, and the winners are:
1)
2)
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By
Jennifer Tighe
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28 May 2014