Neoliberalism as concept

Venugopal, Rajesh

doi:10.1080/03085147.2015.1013356

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“…In a sceptical assessment of the use of the term 'neoliberalism' as a concept, Rajesh Venugopal (2015) points out that it has virtually no currency in recent economic theory and does not appear in the index to numerous standard texts of macroeconomics. In New Zealand, we could note, along similar lines, that the term appears nowhere in the Act Party's statement of principles, even though the party is founded on a political philosophy that closely resembles a neoliberal worldview (Act is an acronym of the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers).…”

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Introduction: Neoliberal Culture / the Cultures of Neoliberalism

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2015

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Introduction: Neoliberal Culture / the Cultures of Neoliberalism

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2015

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“…And from the interviews conducted, it is clear that neoliberalism supports and legitimises the (re)production of business and corporate interests over public. While this paper is acutely aware that neoliberalism in such cases can often be stretched to fit into such claims (Venugopal, 2015), the ITUs policymaking toolkit and guidelines reflect the methods to which neoliberal principles are spread. Therefore, it is hoped that being critical of neoliberalism's ideological foundations warrants further analysis, to explore the growth of this free-market logic.…”

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The Manifestation of Neoliberalism in Digital Migration: An Extension of Hegemony

Harris¹

2016

JMC

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This article looks at the relationship between digital migration and neoliberalism. Labelled as a dominant hegemonic doctrine, this article argues how neoliberalism has become the dominant ideology that drives the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) pursuit of media diversity and pluralism, whilst simultaneously leveraging corporate interests. Using Malawi as a case study, this paper addresses how the neoliberal principles of laissez faire capitalism have travelled across political and economic lines and into communication policy to reveal that digital migration is safeguarding global corporate interests over the publics. Through an critical examination of the ITUs Guidelines for the Transition from Analogue to Digital Broadcasting (2010) and the ICT Regulation Toolkit (2007), the principles of a free-market, deregulation, privatization, unrestricted competition and economic prosperity are employed to advance neoliberalism's quest for expanding private interests. By theoretically revisiting Antonio Gramsci's hegemony, this paper generates new analytical judgements that answer the research problem: Has the manifestation of neoliberalism in digital migration policy superseded the public's interest for a diversified media landscape.

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“…43 An analysis of Irving Fisher's pricing of progressivism, however, allows for a more historically precise and analytically rigorous understanding of the term. If Fisher is to be viewed as an early progenitor of neoliberal ideology, the symbiotic coexistence between his free-market models and his advocacy of significant government intervention helps make plain what Brown and a number of sociologists have also come to recognize of late.…”

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The Neoclassical Club: Irving Fisher and the Progressive Origins of Neoliberalism

Cook

2016

J. gilded age prog. era

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In examining the mathematical models, theories of value, and price statistics wielded by leading economist and social reformer Irving Fisher, this article explores the overlooked impact that Neoclassical Economics had on Progressive Era reform and thought. By offering a neoclassical theory of marginal utility that claimed that market prices reflected subjective value, Fisher formalized, legitimized, and popularized the use of price statistics in progressive political discourse, teaching the American people that if they wanted to argue over the nature of progress or the worthiness of a certain reform, they would have to price it first. The article argues that such a "pricing of progressivism" served as an important foundational precursor to the rise of neoliberal thought in the 1980s.In light of such a significant intellectual legacy, it seems imperative that intellectual historians of the Progressive Era turn their attention away from the usual suspects of this period, such as Pragmatists William James and John Dewey, and shift their analytical focus away from the "Metaphysical Club" and toward a neoclassical one."An eight-pound baby is worth, at birth, $362 a pound. That is a child's value as a potential wealth-producer. If he lives out the normal term of years, he can produce $2900 more wealth than it costs to rear him and maintain him as an adult. The figures with regard to earning capacity are given by Irving Fisher, Professor of Political Economy." Thus opens a page-long article in the New York Times on January 30, 1910. The title of the article was "What the Baby is Worth as a National Asset: Last Year's Crop Reached a Value Estimated at $6.96 Billion." 1 While talk of baby crops and their price per pound was a bit extreme for the Progressive Era, the money valuation of varying aspects of everyday American life was far from uncommon. 2 It is also not unusual that the author of this piece got his price data from Yale economist Irving Fisher. Praised by Joseph Schumpeter as "the greatest economist the United States ever produced" and remembered fondly today by both liberal and conservative economists as the founding father of modern-day, mathematical "neoclassical" economics and monetarist theory, Fisher was also a serial progressive reformer and a walking statistical repository who rarely met a social problem he did not price. 3 While largely overlooked by historians of the Progressive Era-perhaps because he did not fit their preconceived notion of what a progressive reformer should be-Fisher was tremendously influential and a well-known figure in his day. As a New York

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Neoliberalism as concept

Cited by 315 publications

References 63 publications

Introduction: Neoliberal Culture / the Cultures of Neoliberalism

Introduction: Neoliberal Culture / the Cultures of Neoliberalism

The Manifestation of Neoliberalism in Digital Migration: An Extension of Hegemony

The Neoclassical Club: Irving Fisher and the Progressive Origins of Neoliberalism

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