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Max Haiven is Canada Research Chair in Culture, Media and Social Justice at Lakehead University in Northwest Ontario and co-director of the ReImagining Value Action Lab (RiVAL).

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Interview – The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to Twenty-First Century Fascism

The Player and the Played: Max Haiven in Conversation with Rudolf Inderst

New Books in Game Studies (New Books Network). Recorded September 22, 2026.

Rudolf Inderst: Hi everyone, and welcome back to New Books in Game Studies, a podcast channel on the New Books Network. On this channel, we explore new scholarship that helps us understand games as cultural, historical, artistic, socioeconomic, and tec

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	Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire (Volume 4) (Vagabonds) 3.96 avg rating — 86 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity and the Commons 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cultures of Financialization: Fictitious Capital in Popular Culture and Everyday Life 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge Capitalism: The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, and the Settling of Unpayable Debts 3.69 avg rating — 17 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Art after Money, Money after Art: Creative Strategies Against Financialization 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radikal Hayalgücü ve İktidarın Krizleri by Max Haiven (Goodreads Author), Kübra Kelebekoğlu (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aceite de palma: La grasa del imperio (El libro de bolsillo - Ciencias sociales) by Max Haiven (Goodreads Author), Irene Riaño de Hoz (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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