Neoliberalism
Review of Alfredo Saad-Filho and Deborah Johnston, eds Neoliberalism: A Critical Reader, Pluto, 271 pages, paperback, ÂŁ15.99 By Paul Hampton Neoliberalism is the dominant ideology of the epoch and this book is the most comprehensive analysis of the subject by Marxist and radical political economists published to date. The editors argue that: âthe most basic feature of neoliberalism is the systematic use of state power to impose (financial) market imperatives, in a domestic process that is replicated internationally by âglobalisationâ.â [p.3] Neoliberalism means the imposition of privatisation...