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Can Neoliberalism Be Saved From Itself?
There is increasing evidence of widespread disillusion with the major shift to neoliberal economic policies that has taken place across much of the world. In this account of neoliberalism’s failings, Colin Crouch recognises some of its positive contributions but also notes conflicts within the neoliberal camp - particularly those between ‘market’ and ‘corporate’ forms of the strategy. Finally, he considers to what extent those behind the great experiment are now capable of accepting its reform.
74 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 2, 2017
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April 23, 2019
Inhaltlich kann man Colin Crouch hier nichts vorwerfen. Die Thesen die darin vertreten werden sind auch nicht neu und auch nicht von ihm neu vorgestellt. Das ist aber dann auch schon die größte Schwäche des Buches. Es bietet nichts Neues und vor allem es hat keinen Tiefgang. Die paar Seiten die er hier dafür opfert, seine Thesen erneut zu vertreten sind letztlich ein netter Aufsatz, mit ein paar Blickwinkeln. Ein verlängerter Essay bestenfalls, keine wirklich umfassende Arbeit.
Zu dünn muss das Urteil lauten. Viel zu dünn, für ein so wichtiges Thema.
Zu dünn muss das Urteil lauten. Viel zu dünn, für ein so wichtiges Thema.
October 14, 2021
Pflichtlektüre für jeden Kapitalisten! ;)
Fasst kurz fast in Essayform zusammen, auf welchem Stand unser derzeitig dominierendes Wirtschaftssystem ist. Dabei gibt es auch bei der kurzen Seitenanzahl reichlich neue Perspektiven, die zwar sicherlich schon hinreichend bekannt sind, aber für Laien eine gute Einführung sind, um das System als Ganzes zu verstehen, wie es funktioniert aber auch wie es zerstört.
Die Reformation des Neoliberalismus ist dringend notwendig!
Fasst kurz fast in Essayform zusammen, auf welchem Stand unser derzeitig dominierendes Wirtschaftssystem ist. Dabei gibt es auch bei der kurzen Seitenanzahl reichlich neue Perspektiven, die zwar sicherlich schon hinreichend bekannt sind, aber für Laien eine gute Einführung sind, um das System als Ganzes zu verstehen, wie es funktioniert aber auch wie es zerstört.
Die Reformation des Neoliberalismus ist dringend notwendig!
October 2, 2018
[59 pp., kindle version; floating between 2.5-3 stars]
Fairly noncommittal pamphletesque piece which eventually reads as the author means it: "not a contribution to the demonology of neoliberalism, but an attempt at a nuanced account"; Crouch kind of succeds even to draw out more reason than one for a left-leaning stance to hold on the pro market side of the spectrum (thus, making sense of the inescapable downscaling not much of welfare wage cushions, but of good ol’ actors such as the benevolent, soveraign almighty state); whereas a more rightist view can be framed, in Crouch's terms, as conditionally pro-market, and mostly monopoly/business/big corp-friendly, due to a fundamental self serving bias towards the big muneyz intersts, as well as corporative, communitarian, national &c & so on. That's basically how one should feel about a thatcherian marketeer (or any would be libertarian, randroids and late-ROTFLbardian hogs), i.e. with the free-market argument being the post hoc rationalization of an expected/actual supremacy for, say, the UK ruling the waves and further late-imperialistic, reactionary BS.
This outline is, truth be told, by no means an eye opening deal, but to the best of my knowledge is one of the first short, easy-to-read account in a post third-wayish flavor refocusing on how THE MARKET has never been the real discrimen when it comes to the neoliberal turf, the Washington consensus and the 80s affairs in general.
Aside from being loosely reminiscent of Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists by Rajan and Zingales, there are a few thematic similarities popping to mind, namely this book, as Crouch swipes (if rather vaguely) along the axis of a history of theoretical engagements within the walrasian price-mechanism, efficiency and planning as it had been once popularized between 1938-46 by conspicuously lefty gentlemen like Abba P. Lerner and O. Lange, and the Pareto's pupil Enrico Barone (also remember the calculation debate, as in those days the Cowles Commission notoriously amassed a handful of scholars devoted in planninng and the discipline of calculation within a market mechanism).
At least for a documental value, worth a read. The grievance here is that since it’s a 70 pages long text (& not just an unintentionally overrun long-form), it should’ve dared to be a bit more critically in-depth in some parts.
Fairly noncommittal pamphletesque piece which eventually reads as the author means it: "not a contribution to the demonology of neoliberalism, but an attempt at a nuanced account"; Crouch kind of succeds even to draw out more reason than one for a left-leaning stance to hold on the pro market side of the spectrum (thus, making sense of the inescapable downscaling not much of welfare wage cushions, but of good ol’ actors such as the benevolent, soveraign almighty state); whereas a more rightist view can be framed, in Crouch's terms, as conditionally pro-market, and mostly monopoly/business/big corp-friendly, due to a fundamental self serving bias towards the big muneyz intersts, as well as corporative, communitarian, national &c & so on. That's basically how one should feel about a thatcherian marketeer (or any would be libertarian, randroids and late-ROTFLbardian hogs), i.e. with the free-market argument being the post hoc rationalization of an expected/actual supremacy for, say, the UK ruling the waves and further late-imperialistic, reactionary BS.
This outline is, truth be told, by no means an eye opening deal, but to the best of my knowledge is one of the first short, easy-to-read account in a post third-wayish flavor refocusing on how THE MARKET has never been the real discrimen when it comes to the neoliberal turf, the Washington consensus and the 80s affairs in general.
Aside from being loosely reminiscent of Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists by Rajan and Zingales, there are a few thematic similarities popping to mind, namely this book, as Crouch swipes (if rather vaguely) along the axis of a history of theoretical engagements within the walrasian price-mechanism, efficiency and planning as it had been once popularized between 1938-46 by conspicuously lefty gentlemen like Abba P. Lerner and O. Lange, and the Pareto's pupil Enrico Barone (also remember the calculation debate, as in those days the Cowles Commission notoriously amassed a handful of scholars devoted in planninng and the discipline of calculation within a market mechanism).
At least for a documental value, worth a read. The grievance here is that since it’s a 70 pages long text (& not just an unintentionally overrun long-form), it should’ve dared to be a bit more critically in-depth in some parts.
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