If Neoliberalism Were to End, How Would We Know?
What will decide the fate of neoliberalism today is not the extent of the economic damage the virus wreaks — it is the extent to which the virus transforms popular expectations.
Has the coronavirus doomed neoliberalism? You could be forgiven for thinking it has, given the disorienting stream of bizarro-world news headlines washing over us. Right-wing Republicans eagerly rush to hand out freshly printed money to the same hapless masses they once derided as “takers.” The Financial Times calls for “radical reforms — reversing the prevailing policy […]