1st Edition

The Decline and Fall of Neoliberalism Rebuilding the Economy in an Age of Crises

By David Cayla Copyright 2023
182 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Decline and Fall of Neoliberalism argues that the neoliberal era – starting after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system – is coming to an end. In the wake of the financial and economic crisis of 2008 and the outbreak of the pandemic in 2019, the doctrine outlined by monetarists appears to offer an inadequate response to the economic instability that characterises our contemporary world.... Read more

Introduction: Does neoliberalism even exist?

1. Depoliticising money

2. Monetarism: One pillar of the neoliberal system

3. A system of regulated economies

4. The Neoliberal Revolution

5. Monetarism in a time of crisis

6. Doxa and praxis

Conclusion: What could a post-neoliberal world look like?

Biography

David Cayla is an Associate Professor of Economics and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management at Angers University, France. His research focuses primarily on the history of economic thought and institutional economics. He has published several books in France, most notable of which are L’Économie du réel (De Boeck Supérieur, 2018) and La Fin de l’Union europénne (Michalon 2017, with Coralie Delaume) and a book called Populism and Neoliberalism (Routledge) available in both French and English. An active member of the French association of heterodox economists "Les Economistes atterrés", he defends an approach to economics that is more open to other social sciences and better equipped to engage with contemporary political issues.