Disembowel Enoch Powell
Fifty years ago, British politician Enoch Powell set the template for a racist neoliberal populism that has reached its apotheosis today.
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The Contradictions of Macronism
Enacting a series of market reforms in the name of “equality of opportunity,” Emmanuel Macron’s program embodies the contradictions inherent in progressive neoliberalism.
The Kids Aren’t Alright
A crucial new work of generational analysis explores how society turned millennials into human capital.
Reply: Fault Lines
Words gain political traction when they resonate with immediate experience. “Neoliberalism” does not.
Jargon or Clickbait?
Once an academic conceit, the term “neoliberalism” has long since gone viral, helping to faciliate a generational shift in popular discourse.
A White Story
In the standard narrative of neoliberalism’s rise, the demise of the white social contract gets cast as universal.
How Ideology Works
Any successful political project binds together ideas, actors, and power. “Neoliberalism” helps us understand how these fit together.
Words Can’t Do the Work for Us
“Neoliberalism” names a multifaceted configuration of power against which a diverse, democratic left could and should unite. We should welcome its ubiquity—not reject it.
Debating the Uses and Abuses of “Neoliberalism”: Forum
Does the term “neoliberalism” clarify our understanding of capitalism today, and efforts to overcome it? Or does it only bring more confusion?
Julia Ott, Mike Konczal, N. D. B. Connolly, and Timothy Shenk respond to Daniel Rodgers.
The Uses and Abuses of “Neoliberalism”
Neoliberalism has swallowed up too many meanings, making it harder to grasp the socioeconomic forces at loose today—and where viable resistance can be found.
The Coping Economy
While constantly pushing their workers to do more with less, companies have found new ways of easing the pressure. Enter the mindfulness craze.
Zombie Neoliberalism
How “There Is No Alternative” gave us Donald Trump.
