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Other authors / contributors: | Laval, Christian, author.
Elliott, Gregory, translator.
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ISBN: | 9781781681763 (hardback) 1781681767 (hardback)
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Notes: | Translated from the French. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: | "Exploring the genesis of neoliberalism, and the political and economic circumstances of its deployment, Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval dispel numerous common misconceptions. Neoliberalism is neither a return to classical liberalism nor the restoration of "pure" capitalism. To misinterpret neoliberalism is to fail to understand what is new about it: far from viewing the market as a natural given that limits state action, neoliberalism seeks to construct the market and make the firm a model for governments. Only once this is grasped will its opponents be able to meet the unprecedented political and intellectual challenge it poses"--
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