aaand ctrl f neolib....

back when I was a polisci major in undergrad (let's just say that Galbraith and Rawls were still alive at that point), "neoliberalism" basically only meant the school of international relations that Robert Keohane belonged to.

It's now taken on quite a different meaning as a shorthand, starting in 2008 or so and really after 2016. But does it obscure more than it illuminates? Like the term is associated with a specific school of 20th century economists, but it's interesting to treat every national politician from Reagan and Thatcher onwards as "neoliberal". Or are people just drawing on "neoconservative" or assume something neo is bad?

ooh boy,

for this one, you'll have to read my Chapter 7. I spend a whole chapter unpacking this!

BOOOO!