Beyond Neoliberalism and Neo-illiberalism

In many countries, the political backlash against neoliberalism has mainly been a retreat from democracy, with a decline in independence of the judiciary and the monetary authorities, increased control of the media, and manipulation of elections for purposes of authoritarian control. The economic dynamics and the impact of neoliberalism, i.e. deregulation and liberalized markets, is just one cause of this authoritarian shift. The contributors to this volume examine the impact of neoliberal economic policies in relation to cultural and political factors and how these have promoted the recent authoritarian turn, as well as probing the economic policies and performance of the illiberal regimes.

Markus Gabriel is academic director at THE NEW INSTITUTE and interim chair of its programme »The Foundations of Value and Values«. He holds the chair for epistemology, modern and contemporary philosophy at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

Anna Katsman (Dr.) is academic director at THE NEW INSTITUTE.

Thomas Liess is a PhD candidate in economics at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York.

William Milberg is a professor of economics at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College and Director of the Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies at The New School. His research focuses on the relation between globalization, income distribution and economic development, and the history and philosophy of economics. Milberg is Principal Investigator for the project »Beyond Neoliberalism and ›Neo-illiberalism‹: Economic Policy and Performance for Sustaining Democracy«, funded by the Open Society Foundations and the Hewlett Foundation.