The Blind Spot
How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies
$54.60
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
4 August 2026
Summary
A gripping and counterintuitive new account of oligarchy from ‘the most astute social scientist studying the phenomenon today’ (Guardian), which reveals how and why it has come to thrive in democracies everywhere.
The wealthy and powerful few have dominated the many throughout most of human history. This is starkly visible now more than ever - today, the gulf between oligarchs and the average citizen is vastly larger than any gap that existed during European serfdom or the slave socie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241661826 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 024166182X |
| Author: | Jeffrey Winters |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Allen Lane |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 4 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 596g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 164mm x 243mm |
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Critics Review
This book grips like a political thriller, warns like an alarm, and astonishes on every page. It’s not only one of most important books I’ve read in a long time, it’s also a real page-turner. After reading The Blind Spot, you’ll never see democracy the same way again – Jonathan Eig, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for King: A Life
This book is a game-changer. From the first sentence, Winters offers incisive insights about democracy’s capture by oligarchs that are both enlightening and frightening. Nearly every page offers a mic-drop revelation. If ever a book appeared at the right time and place, this is it – Brooke Harrington * author of Offshore *
And now, when the oligarchs wield power that would make the old gods blush, Winters’ book arrives, a work of fearful urgency – Yanis Varoufakis * bestselling author of Talking to My Daughter About the Economy *
No one knows more about the rise of oligarchy in America than Jeffrey Winters. Anyone concerned about the domination of democracy by the ultra-rich should read this damning book – Jane Mayer, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Money
The Blind Spot is rigorously reported, with powerful facts and insights, all told with an engaging human touch about how we can create widespread prosperity by becoming a just and equitable society – David Cay Johnston
Jeffrey Winters’ The Blind Spot is a masterpiece, exposing how big money has come to dominate the discourse of democracies, what can be discussed and what is – for now – not even debatable – Danny Dorling
Jeffrey Winters
Jeffrey Winters
Jeffrey Winters is a professor of political science at Northwestern University and the Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies Program at Northwestern’s Buffett Institute for Global Affairs.
Over the past three decades, Winters has gained an international reputation for his pathbreaking work on oligarchs and elites. His influential 2011 book Oligarchy reintroduced the term to modern audiences and was awarded the prestigious 2012 Luebbert Prize.
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