In jüngerer Zeit werden in der internationalen ökonomischen Debatte wirtschaftspolitische Forderungen laut, die deutlich von einer Nachfrageorientierung und weniger von einer angebotsorientierten liberalen Sicht geprägt sind. Sie gehen teilweise recht weit oder scheinen einer...

This paper examines the major competing interpretations of the economic crisis in the US and explains the rebound of neoliberal orthodoxy. It shows how US policymakers acted to stabilize and save the economy, but failed to change the underlying neoliberal economic policy model. That failure...

"Neoliberal calls for welfare state reforms, especially cuts to public pensions, are a contentious issue for employees, employers, and national governments across the western world. But what are the underlying factors that have shaped the response to these pressures in Canada and Australia? In...

Introduction -- The threat of increasing supply price -- Coping with the threat -- The reserve army of labour in the periphery -- Capitalism, poverty and inequality -- Further elaborations and clarifications -- Metropolitan demand on tropical land mass: the empirical picture -- The international...

Historicizing and theorizing the Almaguin Highlands -- The summer cottage : a home away from home -- Tourism and its discontents -- Rural gentrification -- The changing landscapes of agriculture and forestry -- The economic development industry

Contemporary financial self-help and the rise of neoliberalism -- It's not about money, it's about freedom -- From rats to riches -- Creating a world of abundance -- American dreams in Argentina -- Conclusion : financial self-help and beyond

Introduction: the counter-revolution of neoliberalism -- Foucault and beyond -- The building of economics as a science -- The building of individuals as rational agents -- Turning the world into a firm -- Postscript: a new ethics for a new liberalism? -- Index

Verteidigen Arbeitgeber in koordinierten Marktwirtschaften aktiv die nichtliberalen, marktbeschränkenden Institutionen, von denen ihre Möglichkeiten zur strategischen Koordination und ihr Erfolg im Wettbewerb abhängen? Mit einer umfassenden Untersuchung der Präferenzen von Arbeitgebern in...

Political-economic classics of different schools agreed that capitalism inherently and inevitably leads to a decline of market principles. Analyzing indicators of liberalization policies for 21 OECD-countries in five economic and social policy fields, we demonstrate that Western industrialized...

The article analyzes state dominance in Georgia's economy between 2003 and 2010 from the perspective of the (new) developmental state. The specific interlinkage of economic model, law and administration through which state interventions may generate market-enhancing effects provides the...

This paper considers the rise of defined-contribution (DC) pensions – such as 401(k) plans – in order to contribute to the debate about neoliberalism. It challenges the generalizability of two common accounts: the weak state intervention thesis, which argues that neoliberal policy change is...