
A Glance In The Rear View Mirror
Neo-liberal Ideology From its Origins to the Present
Eric Toussaint(Author)
Haymarket Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 17. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
62 pages
978-1-60846-254-4 (ISBN)
Description
As the financial crisis continues to shake the global economy it has begun to expose cracks in the ideological edifice long used to justify neo-liberal policies of privatisation and austerity. This informed and accessible primer drives a wedge into these cracks, allowing the non-experts among the 99% to understand the flaws in the economic philosophy of the 1%. This is an accessible primer that explains the flaws in neo-liberal policies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60846-254-4 (9781608462544)
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Person
Eric Toussaint is president of the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt (CADTM), and author of numerous books on economic policy
Content
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
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