The pathway out of neoliberalism and the analysis of political ideology in the post-crisis world

Neoliberalism has not simply ‘survived’; it has failed to die, seemingly outlived the socio-economic conditions that gave rise to its existence. In this way, the non-death of neoliberalism raises some important questions about the nature of ideology, principally: its relationship to socio-economic determinants; how it exercises its grip over subjects and how this grip, or hold, can itself be exorcised. Seeking insights into these questions, this paper tells the story of the scholarly response to the non-death of neoliberalism over a ten year period of crisis: a pre-crisis era beginning with the Asian financial crisis (1997-2007) and a post-crisis era beginning with the global financial crisis to the present day (2008-2015). The paper considers key scholarly responses to the persistence of neoliberalism at three fundamental levels: (a) the trajectory of their analytical technique, or the key concepts that underpin their wider project; (b) their critique of neoliberalism, or how these concepts render the construction of core neoliberal ideals; and, (c) their ideological response to neoliberalism, or their recommendations regarding the pathway out of neoliberalism. On this basis, the paper engages in a discussion of the most plausible explanation for the non-death of neoliberalism and the most likely avenue along which the post-crisis world might build an escape

Why should the German approach to health economic evaluation differ so markedly from approaches in other EU Member States?

The Efficiency Frontier is the method by which German policy makers establish the cost-effectiveness of new pharmaceutical technologies. In a new paper, Corinna Klingler, Sara Shah, Anthony Barron and John Wright argue that the development of the Efficiency Frontier can be associated with cultural reluctance to frame healthcare prioritization decisions around cost based valuations of human health and related doubts about the validity of metrics for human health gain. Using information gathered in interviews with key stakeholders, the authors contend that the Efficiency Frontier method responds to an environment characterized by a need to deny, or to ignore, the need to ration healthcare, and a deep aversion to describing the benefits of health gains in monetary terms

"Steady and Unaccusing": An Interview with Sterling A. Brown

This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from On author's personal website, departmental website or institutional repository. On a non-profit server. Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged. In open access repositories, such as PubMed Central if required by law. Publisher's version/PDF may be used. Reviewed on 03/02/14.Since the early 1980s a series of symposia, public and academic awards, and other recognitions have testified to continuing popular and scholarly interest in Sterling A. Brown, poet, literary critic, teacher, anthologist, and raconteur. The Collected Poems of Sterling A. Brown (Harper & Row), for example, received the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for 1980 from Saturday Review. The Modern Language Association, at its December 1981 meeting, paid tribute to Brown's many years of distinguished service as a man of letters. A Black World special issue (September 1970) and Michael Harper and Robert Stepto's Chant of Saints: A Gathering of Afro-American Literature, Art, and Scholarship (1979) became the first two of many anthologies, critical studies, and journal special issues dedicated to him, for his enduring poetic innovations and his pioneering cultural criticism. At Howard University, on February 14, 1997, a symposium assessed the extent to which Brown's thinking reflected and influenced African-American and American views on culture and literature. His sensitive creative work and astute analyses are captured in four published collections of poetry, six critical studies and anthologies, and over forty essays and speeches, together with the regular book review column he wrote in the early issues of Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life. The following interview--conducted August 2, 1980, but unpublished until now--was one he hoped personally to extend and revise. Nevertheless it offers in retrospect, we think, more testimony that Sterling A. Brown is a presence who remains, in the words from one of his favorite poems, "steady and unaccusing.

Heat Transfer Analysis of a Between-Panes Venetian Blind Using Effective Longwave Radiative Properties

© 2004. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (www.ashrae.org). Published in ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 110, Part 1. For personal use only. Additional reproduction, distribution, or transmission in either print or digital form is not permitted without ASHRAE’s prior written permission.Center-glass thermal analysis programs based on one-dimensional models have proved to be exceptionally useful. Recently efforts have been made to extend the analysis to include venetian blinds. It is convenient to model the venetian blind as a planar, homogeneous layer that is characterized by spatially averaged, or “effective,” optical properties. The blind is then included in a series of planar glazing layers. Thermal resistance values were calculated for a window with two layers of uncoated glass and a venetian blind in an air-filled glazing cavity. Three pane spacings and a wide range of slat angles were examined. The longwave effective properties for the blind were obtained using the analysis presented by Yahoda and Wright in a companion paper. The simulation model was completed with one of two simple models dealing with convective heat transfer in the glazing cavity. Calculated results were compared with earlier guarded heater plate measurements, and the agreement was encouraging in spite of the crude convection models used.Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Counci

Methods for Calculating the Effective Solar-Optical Properties of a Venetian Blind Layer

© 2005. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (www.ashrae.org). Published in ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 111, Part 1. For personal use only. Additional reproduction, distribution, or transmission in either print or digital form is not permitted without ASHRAE’s prior written permission.Window solar gain can strongly influence building energy consumption, peak loads, and comfort. Shading devices are routinely used to control solar gain. The use of venetian blinds is particularly common. There is a strong need for models that can accurately simulate this type of device. As a first step, previous research focused on the mechanisms of longwave radiant exchange. Methods were presented by which spatially averaged optical properties (referred to as “effective” optical properties) can be calculated. An enclosure model was formulated to model the interaction of radiation with the slat surfaces. This optical model allows the venetian blind to be treated as a planar, homogeneous “black-box” layer in a series of glazing layers and, coupled with the appropriate convection model, can be incorporated within a standard one-dimensional center-glass heat transfer analysis. In conjunction with the longwave analysis, the current study deals with the mechanisms of solar radiant exchange. Methods, based on geometric considerations and fundamental radiation analysis, are presented for determining the shading layer’s effective optical properties with respect to the beam component of incident solar radiation—at any angle of incidence. Both specular and diffuse reflection at the slat surfaces is included. The performance of these effective properties is demonstrated and discussed in terms of expected results and compared with other models and experimental results found in the literature.Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada

Methods for Calculating the Effective Longwave Radiative Properties of a Venetian Blind Layer

© 2004. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (www.ashrae.org). Published in ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 110, Part 1. For personal use only. Additional reproduction, distribution, or transmission in either print or digital form is not permitted without ASHRAE’s prior written permission.Window solar gain can strongly influence building energy consumption, peak loads, and comfort. Shading devices are routinely used to control solar gain. The use of venetian blinds is particularly common. There is a strong need for models that can accurately simulate this type of device. As a first step, this study deals with the mechanisms of longwave radiant exchange. Methods are presented by which spatially averaged optical properties (referred to as “effective” optical proper-ties) can be calculated. An enclosure model was formulated to model the interaction of radiation with the slat surfaces. Six enclosure areas, rather than four, were used to account for the possible overlap of blind slats. This optical model allows the venetian blind to be treated as a planar, homogeneous ''black-box'' layer in a series of glazing layers and, coupled with the appropriate convection model, can be incorporated within a standard one-dimensional center-glass heat transfer analysis. Sample calculations were performed and the resulting effec-tive optical properties discussed. The model compares favor-ably with expected trends and limits. The effect of slat curvature was also examined.Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Counci