Any good publisher needs to be surrounded by people smarter than they are. I’m grateful for the tireless work of my colleagues at Jacobin—particularly our creative director, Remeike Forbes—which allowed me to find the time to write this book.
I’m indebted to everyone who read portions of this manuscript or had discussions with me about it: Seth Ackerman, Marcus Barnett, Mike Beggs, Eric Blanc, David Broder, Ronan Burtenshaw, Asher Dupuy-Spencer, Dan Finn, Dustin Guastella, Connor Kilpatrick, Sean Larson, Cyrus Lewis, Ella Mahony, Neal Meyer, Emily Morrow, and David Schweickart.
Special thanks to all those around Socialist Register for their support. The same goes to my comrades at Verso, especially Rosie Warren.
This book wouldn’t have been made without Melissa Flashman’s encouragement and the skilled work of Dan Gerstle at Basic Books. It might have been possible but wouldn’t have been any good without the efforts of Jonah Birch and Jonah Walters.
I’d be remiss if I failed to mention how much I’ve learned from New York University professor Vivek Chibber over the years. If he’s a great chef, I’m doing to his recipes what Chef Boyardee did to pasta. I happen to like SpaghettiOs. I hope you do too.