Gary Gerstle wrote an outstanding book on this subject in 2022 'The rise and fall of the neoliberal order'. He also did a Podcast for Pitchfork Economics that nicely summarises the book. Highly recommended. #auspol
It's pretty naive to imagine that the government can just wake up one day and decide to unilaterally unseat economic orthodoxy. Phil Coorey would shit himself. If we had a semblance of bipartisanship, we could hold some sort of summit to prepare Phil, but alas, Dutton is an ignorant bushpig.
McManus led on this. Keating agreed with her. This current Labor Govt’s doing its utmost to clear up the mess not only left behind by the L-NP but also Keating’s. Ihttps://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/paul-keating-says-neoliberalism-is-at-a-dead-end-after-sally-mcmanus-speech-20170329-gv9cto.html
Im not suggesting that Keating is wrong. I'm suggesting that transitioning away is beyond the scope of an ALP government that is battling almost the entire media, a belligerent opposition, an "end the duopoly" campaign and the usual Greens "we want a box of everything right now" demands.
Particularly with Labor. I suggest there are too many soft neoliberal faction heads within the ALP. All I see is more of the same, when what is needed is a damned good shakeup of the vision statement.
Neoliberalism was a dud for the future of our communities, and whatever you want to call the shit show that is replacing it, right now in the U.S., will be too.
If we are smart, we will watch from afar and judge before we adopt it wholesale.
Leadership strong ideas and effective communication is lacking across all parties. No ambition for the nation's citizens, No end goal, No hope, No alternatives to the status quo.
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If we are smart, we will watch from afar and judge before we adopt it wholesale.