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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462186603321

Autore

Jones Daniel Stedman

Titolo

Masters of the universe : Hayek, Friedman, and the birth of neoliberal politics / / Daniel Stedman Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-4008-5183-1

1-283-57144-7

9786613883896

1-4008-4473-8

Edizione

[Updated edition with a New Foreword]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Stedman JonesDaniel

Disciplina

320.51

Soggetti

Neoliberalism - History

Economic policy

Economics - Political aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Postwar Settlement -- 2. The 1940s: The Emergence of the Neoliberal Critique -- 3. The Rising Tide: Neoliberal Ideas in the Postwar Period -- 4. A Transatlantic Network: Think Tanks and the Ideological Entrepreneurs -- 5. Keynesianism and the Emergence of Monetarism, 1945-71 -- 6. Economic Strategy: The Neoliberal Breakthrough, 1971-84 -- 7. Neoliberalism Applied? The Transformation of Affordable Housing and Urban Policy in the United States and Britain, 1945-2000 -- Conclusion. The Legacy of Transatlantic Neoliberalism: Faith-Based Policy -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on archival research and interviews with leading participants in the movement, Masters of the Universe traces the ascendancy of neoliberalism from the academy of interwar Europe to supremacy under Reagan and Thatcher and in the decades since. Daniel Stedman Jones argues that there was nothing inevitable about the victory of free-



market politics. Far from being the story of the simple triumph of right-wing ideas, the neoliberal breakthrough was contingent on the economic crises of the 1970s and the acceptance of the need for new policies by the political left. This edition includes a new foreword in which the author addresses the relationship between intellectual history and the history of politics and policy.Fascinating, important, and timely, this is a book for anyone who wants to understand the history behind the Anglo-American love affair with the free market, as well as the origins of the current economic crisis.