and labor.1 Historians have shown that the markets were created by human interventions, especially on the part of the state.2 In this sense—and this is my way of putting it—this was a bureaucratic process bec
Additionally, neoliberalism is sometimes confused with libertarianism. However, neoliberals typically advocate for more government intervention in the economy and society than libertarianism. For example, while neoliberals usually favor progressive taxation at low rates, libertarians tend to advocate for a ...
In a six-page dispatch in May 2020, President López Obrador of Mexico charged that the COVID-19 pandemic had proven that the neoliberal model is concerned only with economic success “without caring about the wellbeing of the people” or the environmental damages related to neoliberalism’s inh...
including the neoliberal agenda,8 higher education is increasingly considered in economic terms a private good — a benefit accruing mainly to individuals who should pay for it rather than a public good that contributes benefits to society and thus should be financially supported by the state.9 Var...
In this book post-1980 capi-talism is regarded as “free-market” or “neoliberal” capitalism. Some analysts have a different understanding of contemporary capitalism, arguing that the best defi ning concept is either “globalization” or “fi -nancialization.” This chapter examines the radically...
including the neoliberal agenda, 8 higher education is increasingly considered in economic terms a private good — a benefit accruing mainly to individuals who should pay for it rather than a public good that contributes benefits to society and thus should be financially supported by the state. 9...
It is a joint task of the state, various social actors, and citizen groups to co-produce tools, polices, and interventions to reduce inequalities and open pathways towards a more just society. 3 The Intersectionality of Urban Inequalities in the Context of Global Urban Transformations The concept...
through a historically informed analysis and following earlier literature recognized as 'ecosocial' We see scope as relevant to identifying the actors responsible for our multiple planetary crises – whether one thinks in term of the species, i.e., humanity, or see neoliberal economic elites, or ...
The neoliberals by contrast feared growing states would usher in a new kind of tyranny. So they rebelled. Top: Hayek, bottom: Friedman. Source: Wikimedia The members of the Mont Pèlerin Society knew they had a long way to go. The time it takes for new ideas to prevail “is usually...
Berkeley. She is currently Associate Professor and Head of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She has published journal articles, book chapters, and op-eds, and is the author of Neoliberal Morality in Singapore: How family policies make state and society (Routledge, 2011). ...