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Partially right: rejecting neoliberalism shouldn't mean giving up on social liberalism

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW
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Richard Denniss’s Quarterly Essay, “Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next”, is a thought-provoking call to arms against an array of perceived ills – economic rationalism, market forces, small government, tax cuts, incentives, even corporate sponsorship.

Denniss provides a useful provocation...

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