The neoliberal policy paradigm and the great recession

The paper examines the relationship between neoliberal policies and the Great Recession with a focus on the persistence of the policy paradigm in spite of overwhelming evidence of its role in creating the crisis. These economic problems are only the latest that have arisen in the wake of the thre...

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Main Author: Stein Howard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economists' Association of Vojvodina 2012-01-01
Series:Panoeconomicus
Subjects:
IMF
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1452-595X/2012/1452-595X1204421S.pdf
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Summary:The paper examines the relationship between neoliberal policies and the Great Recession with a focus on the persistence of the policy paradigm in spite of overwhelming evidence of its role in creating the crisis. These economic problems are only the latest that have arisen in the wake of the three long decade experiment with these policy packages. The paper investigates the ideological, methodological, historical, theoretical, political and economic interests underlying the perpetuation of neoliberalism.
ISSN:1452-595X