Breaking out of Britain’s Neo-Liberal State
Breaking out of Britain’s Neo-Liberal State Gerry Hassan and Anthony Barnett Compass Epamphlet, January 2009 The world we have lived in, created from the twin oil-price shockwaves of 1973 and 1979 and validated in the eyes of many by the events of 1989, is at last suffering its own crash. The era of Thatcher and Reagan, inflated by their offspring Clinton, Bush and Blair; the era of unfettered financial capitalism, unrestrained consumerism and a near mystical belief in the power of markets; the neo-liberal epoch of corporate conceit and neo-con adventurism, is drawing to a close.
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