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Neoliberalism

Mark Pennington is on the left, speaking with an animated expression and wearing a light blue shirt. Nick Gillespie on the right, speaking into a microphone and wearing a black shirt. Between them are black-and-white images of Friedrich Hayek and Michel Foucault. Bold text at the top reads “HAYEK VS FOUCAULT.” | Illustration: Eddie Marshall

Austrian economics

The Libertarian Case for Postmodernism

Political economist Mark Pennington draws on the ideas of Hayek and Foucault to show how expert rule and government surveillance are making it harder for people to think freely and live on their own terms.

Nick Gillespie | 8.6.2025 11:00 AM

Mario Vargas Llosa | Atilano Garcia/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Literature

The Liberal Legacy of Mario Vargas Llosa

The Peruvian novelist, who passed away this Sunday, was a lifelong defender of freedom in all its forms.

Christian Britschgi | 4.18.2025 3:20 PM

Harvard economist talks with Nick Gillespie about Bidenomics with the words "Economist Explains" in white and orange in the center of the screen and The Reason Interview logo in the bottom right corner | Illustration: Adani Samat

Economics

Jason Furman: Why Everyone Is Wrong About the Economy

Former Obama administration economic adviser Jason Furman explains why both major parties have abandoned economic reality in favor of political fantasy.

Nick Gillespie | 4.16.2025 11:15 AM

Cover of 'Hayek's Bastards' book | lllustration: Eddie Marshall | Andrei Ivashkevich | Dreamstime.com

Book Reviews

Quinn Slobodian Bastardizes Hayek and Mises

A historian tries to tie two classical liberal economists to the racialist right, and scrambles their words in the process.

Phillip W. Magness | 4.16.2025 10:37 AM

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Book Reviews

Stiglitz's The Road to Freedom Under Scrutiny

Joseph Stiglitz thinks redistribution and regulation are the road to freedom—he’s wrong.

Ilia Murtazashvili | 6.9.2024 7:00 AM

Javier Milei and Klaus Schwab back-to-back on the latest episode thumbnail for Just Asking Questions. | Illustration: Lex Villena

Javier Milei

Milei vs. the WEF: Who Wins?

Marcos Falcone discusses Argentine President Javier Milei's fiery speech at the World Economic Forum's annual conference in Davos on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.

Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe | 1.25.2024 12:53 PM

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Neoliberalism

The Best of Reason: The Post-Neoliberalism Moment

Anyone advocating neoliberal policies is now persona non grata in Washington, D.C.

Daniel W. Drezner | 1.9.2024 4:25 PM

An illustration of Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises, and Friedrich Hayek | Illustration: Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises, and Friedrich Hayek; Joanna Andreasson. Source images: Graphic Goods/Creative Market, Mosi/Fiverr

Economics

The Post-Neoliberalism Moment

Anyone advocating neoliberal policies is now persona non grata in Washington, D.C.

Daniel W. Drezner | 1.7.2024 6:00 AM

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Economics

The Chicago Boys' Deal With the Devil

The Chile Project surveys neoliberalism's most polarizing experiment.

Andrew Farrant | 7.30.2023 6:00 AM

‘The Big Myth’ is full of recycled anti-capitalist cheap shots. | Photo 171236683 © Funtap P | Dreamstime.com

Free Markets

The Big Myth Is Full of Recycled Anti-Capitalist Cheap Shots

A new entrant in the anti-neoliberalism genre fails to land any blows.

Phillip W. Magness | 2.25.2023 6:50 AM

On the left, a storage container full of oil explodes in Matanzas, Cuba. On the right, Cuban President MIguel Díaz-Canel, a graying white man wearing a white shirt, gives a speech at a podium | Irene Perez/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom, CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom

Cuba

Cuba Liberalizes Economy as Economic Crisis and Protests Grow

The island’s communist government announced it would allow foreign investors to enter its nationalized retail industry as it faces shortages, blackouts, and new protests.

Eric Bazail-Eimil | 8.17.2022 3:30 PM

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Neoliberalism

It's the End of the Neoliberal Era, and We Still Don't Know What Neoliberalism Is

Politics is filled with words that mean different things in different mouths, but "neoliberalism" is an especially tangled case.

Jesse Walker | 2.19.2022 6:00 AM

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Friday A/V Club

What Really Happened to the Class of '68?

Friday A/V Club: The Yippies, the yuppies, and the ghosts of the '60s and '80s

Jesse Walker | 4.23.2021 9:00 AM

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Neoliberalism

What Does 'Neoliberalism' Really Mean?

Phillip W. Magness | 12.30.2018 6:00 AM

Politics

Lefties: The Death of Neoliberalism Has Been Greatly Exaggerated, Because Neoliberals Won!

Matt Welch | 4.2.2013 10:18 AM

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Politics

The Death of Contrarianism

The New Republic returns to its Progressive roots as a cheerleader for state power.

Matt Welch | 3.25.2013 10:30 AM

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Policy

The Neoliberal Revolution

A new book gives Hayek, Friedman, and others too much credit—and too little.

Scott Sumner | 1.22.2013 7:00 AM

Politics

The Death of Neoliberalism

Pro-market Democrats disappeared just when we needed them most.

Matt Welch | 7.6.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

It's the Death of Whateverism!

Are neoliberalism and conservatism dying? They need to be.

Brian Doherty | 3.16.2007 5:02 AM

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