Kev and Katy bring their white coats and stethoscopes to the task of examining Neoliberalism, "the rich bloke mind virus", as Elon Musk might describe it (but probably won't). How did it grow from a fringe philosophy nurtured by a handful of embittered cranks to bipartisan policy prescription in the world's wealthiest countries in the space of thirty years? And why, half a century later, are governments still clinging to it?
The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation, Mark Diesendorf and Rod Taylor (2023), Palgrave Macmillan.
For context, listeners might want to revisit our chat with Marcus Champ on the scale and efficacy of Australia's WWII economic management.
How Neoliberalism Survived the Financial Meltdown (w/ Philip Mirowski) on the Majority Report w/ Sam Seder.
Cory Doctorow on Milton Friedman and "ideas lying around".
Rich countries drained $152tn from the global South since 1960, Jason Hickel, Dylan Sullivan and Huzaifa Zoomkawala in Al Jazeera.
Ecological Unequal Exchange: Consumption, Equity, and Unsustainable Structural Relationships within the Global Economy, James RIce (2007).
Public Money Public Good Workshop: How to resist the Con, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre, Saturday 5 September, 2026. (Tickets)
Pleading Ignorance, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck.
Too Many Things, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck.
Ecstacy, by Lou Reed.
Anne Maxwell & Kevin Gaynor
