Listen to my hour interview discussing the major themes and conclusions of my just published book, ‘The Scourge of Neoliberalism: US Economic Policy from Reagan to Trump’, Clarity Press, January 2020′, with Guns & Butter radio show host, Bonnie Faulkner.
In this part 1 interview podcast, discussion focuses on Neoliberalism in Historical Practice, in contrast to most analyses of Neoliberalism as Idea. Themes include: the 3 major restructurings of US capitalism in the 20th century, with Neoliberalism as the 3rd such restructuring; the origins of Neoliberalism in the material and economic crisis of the 1970s; the evolution and change in Neoliberal policies in US capitalism from the late 1970s through George W Bush; the crisis in the Neoliberal policy regime with the global economic crash of 2008-09; the failure of the Obama administration to fully restore Neoliberalism momentum; how Trump policies have represented an effort to resurrect Neoliberalism in a new, more aggressive and virulent form; and why Trump’s policies to date represent only a partially successful restoration.
A follow up, Part 2 interview with host, Bonnie Faulkner, is forthcoming to be posted next week. Discussion will focus on the growing contradictions within the Neoliberal policy regime in the 21st century; the deep technological and material forces undermining driving the contradictions; and why the 2020s decade will require yet another, fourth restructuring of US capitalism that may fundamentally differ from the Neoliberal experience of the past four decades. Also discussed is how the material forces and Neoliberal policy are behind much of the decline and demise of US democracy form and political restructuring underway in the US since the mid 1990s.
TO LISTEN TO THE PART 1 Interview with Bonnie Faulkner GO TO:
http://gunsandbutter.org/blog/2020/01/23/neoliberalism-from-expansion-to-stagnation
Dr. Jack Rasmus @drjackrasmus
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