Reclaiming the state : a progressive vision of sovereignty for a post-neoliberal world / William Mitchell and Thomas Fazi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, William, 1952- author.

Fazi, Thomas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sovereignty--Economic aspects.

Sovereignty.

State, The.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

302 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2017.

Summary:

The rise of anti-establishment populism across the West reveals a yearning for a political idea that many believed was dead and gone. From Brexit to the election of Donald Trump, national sovereignty is back on the agenda. In response to these challenging times, economist William Mitchell and political theorist Thomas Fazi reconceptualise the nation state as a vehicle for progressive change. They show how, despite the ravages of neoliberalism, the state still contains the resources for democratic control of a nation's economy and finances. Reclaiming the State offers a prescient analysis of our current predicament, and lays out a comprehensive strategy for revitalising progressive economics in the twenty-first century. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Great Transformation Redux: From Keynesianism to Neoliberalism - and Beyond

1 Broken Paradise: A Critical Assessment of the Keynesian 'Full Employment' Era 17

2 Destined to Fail: Understanding the Crisis of Keynesianism and the Rise of Neoliberalism 36

3 That Option No Longer Exists: How Britain, and the British Labour Party, Fell Into the Monetarist Trap 60

4 The Paris Consensus: The French Left and the Creation of Neoliberal Europe 76

5 The State Never Went Away: Neoliberalism as a State-Driven Project 93

6 Après Elle, Le Déluge: Are We Entering a Post-Neoliberal Age? 150

Part II A Progressive Strategy for the Twenty-First Century

7 Towards a Progressive Vision of Sovereignty 161

8 A Government is Not Like a Household: An Introduction to Modern Monetary Theory 172

9 I Have a Job For You: Why a Job Guarantee is Better than a Basic Income 221

10 We Have a (Central) Plan: The Case of Renationalisation 248.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745337333

0745337333

9780745337326

0745337325

OCLC:

979568220