Amy C. Offner

Sep 5, 2023 | dissentmagazine.org | Julia Ott |Amy C. Offner |Gary Gerstle |Andrew Elrod

Shared Terrain The neoliberal order has been exposed as fraudulent, inefficient, and inequitable. Yet it hardly lies in the dustbin of history. ▪ Fall 2023 After a long journey through the academy and into public discourse, neoliberalism has finally been widely accepted as a description of post-1970s economic reality. But recent political developments, especially since the pandemic, have generated discussion about the possibility that something new is emerging.

Sep 5, 2023 | dissentmagazine.org | Edward Ongweso Jr |Julia Ott |Amy C. Offner |Gary Gerstle

Saule Omarova’s Plan to Remake the Financial System What would it look like if we subordinated finance to the public interest? ▪ Fall 2023 When Saule Omarova—President Joe Biden’s pick for comptroller of the currency, the top bank watchdog—withdrew her nomination in December 2021, the industry rejoiced.

Sep 5, 2023 | dissentmagazine.org | Amy C. Offner |Julia Ott |Gary Gerstle |Andrew Elrod

A Durable Concept Nothing has replaced neoliberalism as a better descriptor for the political-economic order we inhabit. ▪ Fall 2023 After a long journey through the academy and into public discourse, neoliberalism has finally been widely accepted as a description of post-1970s economic reality. But recent political developments, especially since the pandemic, have generated discussion about the possibility that something new is emerging.

Sep 5, 2023 | dissentmagazine.org | Fred Block |Amy C. Offner |Gary Gerstle |Quinn Slobodian

The Habitation Economy The core analytic framework for economists on the left has not changed in nearly a century. We need a new paradigm to make sense of the world we inhabit. ▪ Fall 2023 In 1980, Margaret Thatcher made her fateful statement that “there is no alternative” to the free market economics that she claimed would revitalize the UK economy.