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Response to Daniel Skidmore-Hess On the “Bankruptcy of Liberalism and Social Democracy in the Neoliberal Age”
Ronald W. Cox writes a response to Daniel Skidmore-Hess\u27 reply to Cox\u27s The Bankruptcy of Social Democracy and Liberalism in the Neoliberal Age, which was originally published in CRCP Volume 3, Issue 1
Trump’s Ponzi Scheme Victory
Donald Trump campaigned as an economic nationalist but has surrounded himself with a transnational corporate transition team that supports policies of neoliberal capitalism. These include tax breaks for the rich and for corporations, further privatization of public services, deregulation and the reduction of the social safety net. Trump used the rhetoric of an anti-politician to conceal his real policy agenda, and appealed directly to sections of the white working class that rejected Hillary Clinton\u27s corporate centrism
The Occupy Movement: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
The op-ed evaluates the successes and limitations of the Occupy Movement in the United States. Ronald W. Cox argues that the Movement was inspirational in directing media focus to the trends of growing inequality and the privileges and power of the one percent. The critique of establishment parties and progressive organizations was a key part of the Occupiers efforts to rethink the meaning of social change. The limitations of the Movement became evident, however, in its extremely decentralized structures that emphasized consensus over majoritarian decision-making, and in its refusal to acknowledge and hold accountable its own leaders
The Corporatization of Higher Education
This essay reviews recent books and articles that examine the politics and economics of the restructuring of public universities in the United States. The author weaves the arguments together to point to several prominent trends: increased corporatization of university governance and increased dependence on the market for resources previously provided by the state, reduction of full-time faculty in favor of instructors and adjuncts, dramatic growth of administrative personnel, and mounting student debt. The history of these developments is explored by examining the roots of the political attacks on the public university
The Military-Industrial Complex and US Military Spending After 9/11
This article examines the economic, political and institutional power of the military-industrial complex (MIC) by examining its influence on military spending before and after the events of 9/11. The reasons for the continuity of MIC influence in US foreign policy is explored. This includes the role of military contractors in financing policy planning organizations, the relationship between military contractors and the Defense Department, and the centralization of executive branch authority in foreign policy decision-making, especially during critical junctures or foreign policy crises
An Honest Presidential Address on the Iraq Situation
This essay is a mock Presidential address designed to highlight the long-term consequences of the US occupation of Iraq
The Bankruptcy of Liberalism and Social Democracy in the Neoliberal Age
The increasing similarity between the economic policies of center-left and center-right political parties has effectively diminished the legitimacy of governments in relationship to their citizenry in Western Europe and the U.S. Capitalist democracies during the period of managed capitalism gained legitimacy by the appearance of the separation of capitalist ownership rights in the marketplace from the political institutions that govern capitalism. During this period, Social Democratic parties in Western Europe, and to a lesser extent the Democratic Party in the U.S., paid some amount of attention to labor unions and mass constituents in formulating their policy agendas. The era of neoliberalism (late 1970s to the present) has broken any such appearances, with the dominant political parties, regardless of party label, moving rightward to embrace many of the same economic policy agendas
Ruling the Void
Over the past few decades, political parties in the Western world have moved to the center-right of the political spectrum. In the process, there is a wider gulf between the policies favored by the party elite and their voting constituents, especially on the left
Against Libertarianism
This essay argues that libertarianism operates as a corporate ideology in the neoliberal age
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