State intervention and the west's long depression -- The state and neoliberalism -- Capital dependency: the high flyers -- Labour markets in Britain and USA -- The rise in state-dependent employment: the education sector -- The rise in state-dependent employment: health and social care -- 'Buy...

The attempt to reduce the role of the state in the market through tax cuts, decreases in social spending, deregulation, and privatization—""neoliberalism""—took root in the United States under Ronald Reagan and in Britain under Margaret Thatcher. But why did neoliberal policies gain such...