Overview

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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Author:   Eric Toussaint
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
Dimensions:   Width: 13.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.085kg
ISBN:  

9781608462544

ISBN 10:   1608462544
Pages:   62
Publication Date:   17 July 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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

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