How to think like a neoliberal

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Chapter 3 in A Research Agenda for Neoliberalism, 2017, pp 35-54 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter aims to get readers to think like a neoliberal in order to understand the analytical bases for neoliberal claims about political-economic and normative benefits of markets. It starts by exploring the representation of markets in popular economics and then contrasting these representations with several neoliberal thinkers. The chapter focuses on four key neoliberal thinkers – Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, Gary Becker, and Richard Posner – who represent different stages of development of ‘modern’ neoliberalism. In presenting the ideas of these thinkers, the chapter illustrates the different ways that neoliberals conceptualize society and the implications this has for understanding the role of markets as an organizing and coordinating mechanism for social life.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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