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Freedom for Sale
Why do so many people around the world appear willing to give up freedoms in return for security or prosperity? For the past 60 years it had been assumed that capitalism was intertwined with liberal democracy. But what happens when both are undermined?
Governments globally have drawn up a new pact with their peoples: repression is confined to the few who openly challenge the status quo. The rest of the population can enjoy freedom to live more or less as they wish, and to make and spend their money. This is the difference between public freedoms and private freedoms. We choose different freedoms we are prepared to cede. We all do it.
Freedom for Sale will set a new agenda. It will crucially ask why so many intelligent and ambitious citizens around the world seemed prepared to sacrifice freedom of the press and freedom of speech in their quest for wealth.
Reviews
The American Conservative
"Freedom for Sale is the best synopsis of the recent collapse of restraints on government power"
The American Conservative, July 2010
The Washington Post
"Kampfner takes the reader around the world with him on an engaging first-person journey"
The Washington Post, May 30th 2010
Spiked Review of Books
"compelling...insightful...There’s no doubt that Kampfner has produced a powerful account of our contemporary unfreedom"
Spiked Review of Books, January 2010
The Observer
"[N]ow, much assisted by John Kampfner's acidulous essays in autocratic reality, we can all wake up."
The Observer, September 13th 2009
The Sunday Times
"Kampfner’s book is original, persuasive and disquieting"
The Sunday Times, September 6th 2009
The "Freedom" Debate
Read various published articles by John kicking off the debate:
Freedom's loss
Time, October 5th 2009
Liberal values have never been more important – or less popular
The Independent, September 21st 2009
Don't risk real freedom for short-term material gain
The Times, September 7th 2009