[92] Some scholars argue the neoliberal policies of the Chicago boys heightened the crisis (for instance, percent GDP decrease was higher than in any other Latin American country) or even caused it;[92] for instance, some scholars criticize the high interest rates of the period which—while stabilizing inflation—hampered investment and contributed to widespread bankruptcy in the banking industry. While the profitability of industry and the rate of economic growth never recovered to the heyday of the 1960s, the political and economic power of Wall Street and finance capital vastly increased due to debt-financing by the state. [267][268][269] Marxist geographer David Harvey argues that neoliberalism promotes an unbridled individualism that is harmful to social solidarity. [284] Even in Sweden, in which only 6% of workers are beset with wages the OECD considers low,[285] some scholars argue that the adoption of neoliberal reforms—in particular the privatization of public services and the reduction of state benefits—is the reason it has become the nation with the fastest growing income inequality in the OECD.[286][287]. [115], Overall, scholars have mixed opinions on the effects of the neoliberal reforms. The crisis also left the banks mainly in the hands of foreigners. [citation needed] Following the measures, there was an increase in poverty from 9% in 1975 to 40% at the end of 1982. For example, tariff rates were cut from 32 percent in 1990 to 14 percent in 1994. Origins of the Neo-liberal agenda. 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Europe would remain the epicenter of the community as Europeans dominated the leadership roles.[26]:16–17. To end widespread poverty among the elderly the pension reform of 1957 brought a significant extension of the German welfare state which already had been established under Otto von Bismarck. They also liberalized trade policy so that foreign goods could freely enter the country. Domestically, neoliberalism meant the remaking of social relations "in favour of creditor and rentier interests, with the subordination of the productive sector to financial sectors, and a drive to shift wealth, power and security away from the bulk of the working population. This liberal agenda has by no means disappeared from the life of the church. People do not call themselves neoliberal; instead, they tag their enemies with the term. [187][64] This process became known as structural adjustment, and the principles underpinning it the Washington Consensus. [130][131][132], The Adam Smith Institute, a United Kingdom-based free-market think tank and lobbying group formed in 1977 which was a major driver of the aforementioned neoliberal reforms,[133] officially changed its libertarian label to neoliberal in October 2016. This time, the privatization of public services was the main focus, although financial deregulation and free trade with foreign nations were also re-implemented. Monetarism is an economic theory commonly associated with neoliberalism. Struggle and the Prospects for World Government. 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[15][16], English-speakers have used the term neoliberalism since the start of the 20th century with different meanings,[17] but it became more prevalent in its current meaning in the 1970s and 1980s, used by scholars in a wide variety of social sciences[18][19] as well as by critics. [21]:5 This trend continued into the 1980s under the Reagan administration, which included tax cuts, increased defense spending, financial deregulation and trade deficit expansion. [2]:3, 346[299][300][301] Sociologist Loïc Wacquant and Marxist economic geographer David Harvey have argued that the criminalization of poverty and mass incarceration is a neoliberal policy for dealing with social instability among economically marginalized populations. [45] Anthropologist Jason Hickel also rejects the notion that neoliberalism necessitates the retreat of the state in favor of totally free markets, arguing that the spread of neoliberalism required substantial state intervention to establish a global 'free market'. These examples paint an ugly picture of neo-liberalism. [173] The inherited economic conditions lead Lange to remark "We ended up being run very similarly to a Polish shipyard. Magazine – Fall 2007 issue – page 4, editor's comments. After Salinas, Ernesto Zedillo (1995-2000) maintained similar economic policies to his predecessor. Moore, Jason W. 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The Labor governments of Bob Hawke and Paul Keating from 1983 to 1996 pursued a program of economic reform focused on economic liberalisation. Hayek, echoing arguments he had made years earlier in The Road to Serfdom,[99] argued that the increased economic freedom he believed the neoliberal reforms had brought had put pressure on the dictatorship over time, resulting in a gradual increase in political freedom and, ultimately, the restoration of democracy. [328] This approach has faced considerable criticism. The desire to be hip and fashionable leads to another trend currently advancing the neo-liberal agenda: 2. [64]:7 Beginning in the early 1980s, the Reagan administration and Thatcher government implemented a series of neoliberal economic reforms to counter the chronic stagflation the United States and United Kingdom had each experienced throughout the 1970s. 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