Neoliberalism

A neorealist state needs to be sure it has more to gain than its rivals. Neoliberalism is a theory shaped by the ideas of commercial, republican, sociological, and institutional liberalism. They see the international system as anarchic but believe that relations can be managed. Neoliberals think actors with common interests will…

Neoliberalism has influenced the material and social welfare of workers by taking a hands-off approach, by not ensuring that laws protect all workers, by not entrenching labour rights as human rights, by not enforcing a living wage in all jurisdictions, and…

Neoliberalism represents an attitude and structure of society which centers everything around the economy and promotes economic growth. On paper this may sound positive; however, this economic growth helps some at the expense of others in many occasions, and thus leaves a tear in the moral fabric of society. The Big Short, by Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, is a film that details the 2008 financial crash, and how a select few investors betted against what seemed to be the entire world and won.…

Neoliberalism: Its Anonymity Slowly Destroys Humanity The birth of Facebook ignited human selfishness. Since 2004, the social media platform unceasingly has stripped the culture and exposed human cruelty. Facebook, or any other social medium, evaluates individuals by the number of likes they receive or the number of followers they have — thus, creating an “It’s-all-about-me-I-should-be-better-than-anybody-else” era. This is neoliberalism. The epidemic continues to spread and as a result, it…

Neoliberalism is a political ideology and an economic model that goes back to more capitalist roots where it values the reliance of free market competition without government interference and has a more individualistic view overall. Neoliberalism contrasts many points of social democracy where the government should be involved with the economic state of the country and must give support to improving the public sector to be affordable and decent for the populace. Furthermore, Social democracy…

Originated during the late 19th and early 20th century, neoliberalism has witnessed a worldwide adoption, and became a dominant economic policy during the 1970s and 1980s. The major tenets of neoliberalism are “laissez faire”, free market economy, and “minimal state”, minimal governmental intervention (Hartwick & Peet, 2009). Leading figures of this economic philosophy, Ludwig von Mises (188-1973), Friedrich von Hayek (1899-1992) and Milton Friedman (1912-2006), believed in the power of free…

write on the alleged crisis gripping the university system of the United States. Utilizing the terms ‘consumerism’ and ‘neoliberalism’ pejoratively, they muse on how each system has adversely affected higher education institutions throughout America. While both terms used are quite similar in nature, Deresiewicz is more pointed and explicit in his characterization of neoliberalism as opposed to Edmundson’s vague, winded description of consumerism. However, after an in-depth reading of…

In the book “A Brief History of Neoliberalism”, David Harvey concludes that neoliberalism is profoundly anti-democratic by nature. Criticizing Harvey’s assessment on neoliberalism, which I believe that neoliberalism mainly focuses on the four points. The first point knows the rule of the market, which liberating free enterprise or private enterprise from any bonds imposed by the government (state) no matter how much social damage this causes. Reducing the wages by organizing workers and…

about neoliberalism and its foundational theory of free market economy. Neoliberalism emerged in the 1940s and 50s in the US and Europe but came later to…

Although neoliberalism is a great advocator of a free market economy without trade restrictions and limitations in government intervention, neoliberalism also had some very harsh critics. It also brought about harsh consequences (effects) from some of the policies and theories it put forth. Ironically, neoliberalism’s biggest weakness stems from its biggest component: a free market economy, or a laissez-faire economy. Within a free market economy, there is a push for globalization based on…