Thirteen Things You Need to Know about Neoliberalism

Ben Fine, Alfredo Saad-Filho, Kate Bayliss and Mary Robertson
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Ben Fine: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Alfredo Saad-Filho: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Kate Bayliss: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Mary Robertson: The University of Leeds

Working papers from Financialisation, Economy, Society & Sustainable Development (FESSUD) Project

Abstract: This paper examines the theories and practices of neoliberalism drawing upon five case studies of housing and water across Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Turkey and the United Kingdom. This examination ranges across thirteen aspects of (‘things you need to know about’) neoliberalism. They include the argument that neoliberalism is not reducible to a cogent ideology or a change in economic or social policies, nor is it primarily about a shift in the relationship between the state and the market or between workers and capital in general, or finance in particular. Instead, neoliberalism is a stage in the development of capitalism underpinned by financialisation. Neoliberalism is highly diversified in its features, impact and outcomes, reflecting specific combinations of scholarship, ideology, policy and practice. In turn, these are attached to distinctive material cultures giving rise to the (variegated) neoliberalisation of everyday life and, at a further remove, to specific modalities of economic growth, volatility and crisis. Finally, this paper argues that there are alternatives, both within and beyond neoliberalism itself.

Keywords: financialisation; neoliberalism; housing; water; capitalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H4 L95 P1 P10 P16 R31 R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 82 pages
Date: 2016-04-30
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