This paper evaluates the neoliberal economic restructuring process implemented in Korea following the 1997 Asian financial crisis. We first argue that the austerity macroeconomic policy of late 1997 and early 1998 was the main cause of the economic collapse in 1998, and that the decision of the...

The paper argues that global Neoliberalism creates both chronic sluggish aggregate demand growth and chronic excess aggregate supply, and that these tendencies reinforce one another in a vicious circle. Stagnant global demand has unleashed destructive competition in core global markets, creating...

This paper evaluates the neoliberal economic restructuring process implemented in Korea following the 1997 Asian financial crisis. We first argue that the austerity macroeconomic policy of late 1997 and early 1998 was the main cause of the economic collapse in 1998, and that the decision of the...

This paper argues that institutions and policies deeply embedded in neoliberal structures have created conditions that make it difficult for large nonfinancial corporations to operate effectively. Important globally-contested industries are understood to be "natural oligopolies" that require...

1. "The Realism of Assumptions Does Matter: Why Keynes-Minsky Theory Must Replace Efficient Market Theory as the Guide to Financial Regulation Policy." In The Oxford Handbook of the Political Economy of Financial Crises, Gerald Epstein and Martin Wolfson, eds. New York: Oxford University Press,...