Utopian thinking: the eclipse of neoliberalism heralds a new dawn of sharing | Minna Salami
by Minna Salami from on (#2CFZK)
Many of the problems humanity faces are shared ones. That's why it is so vital that we start to find communitarian solutions to social problems
In an interview with Woman's Own in 1987, Margaret Thatcher said: "Too many " people have been given to understand, 'I have a problem, it is the government's job to cope with it.'" It's a sentence that perfectly epitomises both the rise of neoliberalism - for which Thatcher can largely be thanked - and its death.
For there's no doubt that neoliberalism - a system focused on free-market policies - is in decline after decades of dominance. As Aditya Chakrabortty argues in Guardian Opinion, we are witnessing its death.
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