Globalization and Neoliberalism

Author: Li Qiqing
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: This book collects papers from some prominent Western scholars on "globalization" and "neoliberalism." They analyze and critique the essence and pros and cons of "globalization" and "neoliberalism" with calm and incisive rationality, as well as a strong sense of moral responsibility, offering much for reflection and reference. Neoliberalism has been the mainstream ideology of contemporary capitalism since the 1970s. It interacts with globalization as a mutual driving force, becoming an unstoppable trend. The papers in this book analyze the historical relationship between neoliberalism, classical liberalism, and Keynesianism, describing the economic and political order that neoliberalism has spawned and exacerbated, both within countries' classes and between wealthy and poor nations internationally. The book examines the practice and consequences of neoliberalism in developed and developing countries, revealing that "globalization" and "neoliberalism" are by no means a smooth path to happiness, freedom, and prosperity for the broad working class and developing countries, but rather a difficult journey filled with exploitation, constraints, and traps.