Neoliberalism is dead. So why haven't Australia's leaders got the message? | John Quiggin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : A quick Google search reveals multiple eulogies for the political and economic doctrine.
56% : Soft neoliberals accepted the supremacy of financial markets and the need to roll back state intervention, but sought to protect as much as possible of the welfare state built up in the era of social democracy.
53% : Her government pioneered the main elements of the doctrine: privatisation of government enterprises, financial deregulation, the contracting out of the public sector and removing progressivity in the tax system.
49% : Rather, an older version of rightwing politics re-emerged, epitomised by the election of Donald Trump as US president.
49% : Less admirably, but even more in conflict with the dictates of neoliberalsim, we have a commitment to a government-owned nuclear power industry, tax breaks for business lunches and restrictions on migration.
25% : Trump has upended world trade with tariffs, and intervened in the domestic economy to reward loyalists and punish enemies.

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