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Exposing the fallacy of neoliberal economic solutions.

This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the history and current state of neoliberal economic theory and its impact on society. Mirowski's insightful analysis of the Great Recession and the role of neoliberalism in creating and perpetuating it is both informative and engaging. The book's most unique and distinctive feature is its ability to unveil and debunk the myths that surround neoliberalism and its supposed solutions to economic crises. Overall, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste offers a comprehensive and invaluable critique of neoliberal economics that will leave readers with a deeper understanding of the challenges facing our society and a renewed sense of urgency to address them.

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Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste : How Neoliberalism Survived the Financial Meltdown

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ISBN: 9781781683026
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $48.79
Authors: Philip Mirowski
Publisher: Verso Books
Date of Publication: 2014-04-15
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy, History, Economics, Politics
Goodreads rating: 4.15
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At the onset of the Great Recession, as house prices sank and joblessness soared, many commentators thought that neoliberalism itself was in its death throes. And yet it seems that—post-apocalypse—we’ve awoken into a second nightmare more ghastly than the a political class still blaming government intervention, a global drive for austerity, stagflation, and exploding sovereign debt crises. Philip Mirowski argues that, as in classic studies of cognitive dissonance, neoliberal thought has become so pervasive that any countervailing evidence serves only to further convince disciples of its ultimate truth. Once neoliberalism became a Theory of Everything—a revolutionary account of self, knowledge, information, markets, and government—it could no longer be falsified by mere data from the ‘real’ economy. In this sharp, witty and deeply informed account—taking no prisoners in his pursuit of ‘zombie’ economists—Mirowski surveys the wreckage of what passes for economic thought, and finally provides the basis for an anti-neoliberal account of the current crisis and our future prospects.
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Exposing the fallacy of neoliberal economic solutions.

This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the history and current state of neoliberal economic theory and its impact on society. Mirowski's insightful analysis of the Great Recession and the role of neoliberalism in creating and perpetuating it is both informative and engaging. The book's most unique and distinctive feature is its ability to unveil and debunk the myths that surround neoliberalism and its supposed solutions to economic crises. Overall, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste offers a comprehensive and invaluable critique of neoliberal economics that will leave readers with a deeper understanding of the challenges facing our society and a renewed sense of urgency to address them.

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