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The David McWilliams Podcast

Neoliberalism, my arse!

The David McWilliams Podcast

David McWilliams

News & Politics

4.6643 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

During the European recent elections, you might have heard lots of people defining Ireland as a "neoliberal" country, governed by the ideology of neoliberalism. Neoliberalism is a political and economic philosophy which emphasises free markets, deregulation, and reducing the role of the state. This episode dives into the myth that Ireland is a neoliberal state, a story often perpetuated but rarely challenged. By examining Ireland’s progressive tax system and vast social welfare network, we reveal a very different narrative. If Ireland isn't neoliberal, why does this myth persist, and what does it say about our understanding of politics and economics?

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1:14.6

How are you there?

1:16.0

Time for the podcast.

1:18.6

You're smiling already, John.

1:20.1

What are you laughing at?

1:21.8

He was ranting.

1:23.8

Before we came on air, he was ranting.

1:25.9

And I was just letting them get it all out of them. Is that out of your system? No, no, no. It's all gold. It's podcast gold, John. It's all podcast gold. We are looking at the tallies. We are recording this before we get the final results of the European and local elections in Ireland, but of course the European elections all over Europe,

1:45.1

many, many European countries will not have gone to the polls until Sunday,

1:50.1

so their results are in late anyway.

1:53.5

So we won't know what the complexion of Europe looks like,

1:55.6

but the general idea, John, before these elections,

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