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Table of contents Introduction Liberalism Eclipsed: from the 1930s upto the 1970s Liberal ideology returns with a vengeance: the 1970s The theoretical foundation of the various neo-liberal currents Forerunners of the neo-liberals Adam Smith Jean-Baptiste Say David Ricardo Other economists The Keynesian revolution Preparing the neo-liberal counter-revolution The neo-liberal wave Robert Lucas and the denial of involuntary unemployment Free markets ensure the optimum allocation of resources – a key postulate of neo-conservatism Portraying the oppressed as oppressors: the neo-liberal sleight of hand Globalization from Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama until today The market: the new faith Shanghai The Irish crisis: a complete failure for neo-liberalism Bibliography
