Seattle Is Now the Capital of Neoliberalism

by Charles Mudede New York City used to be the capital of neoliberalism. Not anymore.Charles Mudede
After the crash of 2008, Wall Street lost not its political power but its ideological force (markets are inherently good). In the context of this implosion, there was even serious talk about neoliberalism (free trade, weak financial regulation, privatization of government services) being a zombie economics. The banks and markets in the US and Europe were actually dead. They did not survive the cra