Eric Toussaint

A Glance in the Rear View Mirror

Neoliberal Ideology from Its Origins to the Present

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Produktbeschreibung

An introductory guide to the neo-liberal ideology of the global 1%. Perfect for those of us without economics degrees.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 130mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 91g
• ISBN-13: 9781608462544
• ISBN-10: 1608462544
• Artikelnr.: 35349395

Autorenporträt

Eric Toussaint is president of the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt (CADTM), and author of numerous books on economic policy

Inhaltsangabe

Table of contents
Introduction
Liberalism Eclipsed: from the 1930s upto the 1970s
Liberal ideology returns with a vengeance: the 1970s
The theoretical foundation of the various neo-liberal currents
Forerunners of the neo-liberals
Adam Smith
Jean-Baptiste Say
David Ricardo
Other economists
The Keynesian revolution
Preparing the neo-liberal counter-revolution
The neo-liberal wave
Robert Lucas and the denial of involuntary unemployment
Free markets ensure the optimum allocation of resources - a key postulate
of neo-conservatism
Portraying the oppressed as oppressors: the neo-liberal sleight of hand
Globalization from Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama until today
The market: the new faith Shanghai
The Irish crisis: a complete failure for neo-liberalism
Bibliography