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Confronting Capitalism: Why Neoliberalism Won

Confronting Capitalism: Why Neoliberalism Won

Update: 2025-11-05
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Neoliberalism’s victory over Keynesianism wasn’t an intellectual revolution — it was a class offensive. Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.


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Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber is produced by Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy, and published by Jacobin. Music by Zonkey.

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Confronting Capitalism: Why Neoliberalism Won

Confronting Capitalism: Why Neoliberalism Won