#1126 Explaining the concept you need to understand, Neoliberal Economics (Encore)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 3 August 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Air Date: 8/15/2017
Today we look at the origins, underpinnings and effects of neoliberal economic thinking and policies. #1, it has nothing to do with who Americans think of as “liberals”. #2, both major US political parties are on board with it to varying degrees. #3, it’s pretty much what everyone in the world is pissed off about without necessarily knowing that there’s a name for it
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Neoliberalism is focusing on the wrong aspects of the economy and society - Upstream - Air Date 8-29-16
Ch. 3: Song 1: N/A
Ch. 4: Act 2: Noam Chomsky on the remaking of the economy - @RalphNader Radio Hour - Air Date 5-20-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: inequality - Mark Shine
Ch. 6: Act 3: Robert Brenner on the state of the US economy and mainstream politics Part 1 - Jacobin Radio (@jacobinmag) - Air Date 7-31-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Class Warfare - Chris Priest
Ch. 8: Act 4: Wall Street thieves find “New Way” to steal from us - Jim @HightowerNews - Air Date 8-11-17
Ch. 9: Song 4: Robber Barons - Battlefield Band
Ch. 10: Act 5: Robert Brenner on the state of the US economy and mainstream politics Part 2 - Jacobin Radio (@jacobinmag) - Air Date 7-31-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Hang Me Up to Dry - Cold War Kids
Ch. 12: Act 6: Expand Your Economic Knowledge with The CORE Project - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 13: Song 6: Right to Complain - Trombone Shorty & Marc Broussard
Ch. 14: Act 7: The Outdated Origins of Neo-Liberalism. It's Time to Move On (w:Guest Kate Raworth) - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 05-04-17
Voicemails
Ch. 15: Explaining the original argument for lowering taxes - Patrick from Dallas, TX
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 16: Final comments announcing the Best of the Left Social Network
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to another regularly scheduled rerun. Today we have an important episode from |
| 0:04.4 | last year describing some of the tenets of neoliberalism, and it's always good to have a refresher |
| 0:09.8 | on one of the most influential aspects of society today. But I'm really excited about what the |
| 0:15.1 | members are getting to listen to this week. They've got a new bonus episode in their feed today |
| 0:19.1 | that gets into some pretty unique topics. Continuing with our discussions that have been |
| 0:23.5 | touching on Hawaiian culture recently, we use the colonialism in Hawaii and the |
| 0:28.3 | forcible disconnection from the ancient Hawaiian culture at the hands of missionaries as sort of |
| 0:33.6 | a jumping off point to examine the larger and more universal human need to understand one's |
| 0:40.4 | own cultural legacy and the pain that is caused by not being able to construct a coherent story |
| 0:46.9 | about that legacy. And honestly, I tapped into some pretty deep-seated stuff going on in my own |
| 0:52.0 | head recently, and this bonus episode conversation springs directly from that. So I'm hoping that |
| 0:57.2 | some people find it helpful, maybe even insightful. So to hear that and for access to all of our |
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| 1:14.8 | enjoy. The thing that's happened is that the story became so dominant. We don't even realize it like |
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| 1:36.9 | the contribute tab at bestofleft.com. Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of Left Podcasts with |
| 1:42.2 | clips today from upstream, the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, Jacobin Radio, Jim Hightower, and the Tom |
| 1:49.6 | Harming Program. Having more higher material standards is really important in poorer countries |
| 1:58.0 | where people haven't got basic necessities. This is Richard Wilkinson, co-author of the spirit level. |
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