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Neoliberal Common Sense
The Stubborn Persistence of Neoliberalism
From: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge
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This chapter looks at the persistence of neoliberalism despite financial crises and electoral change, the existence of cultural hegemony in normalizing neoliberalist policies as mere common sense, and the impact of the culture wars as well as the role neoliberalism played in Trump’s rise to power.
Contributors
Alex Himelfarb
Alex Himelfarb is an academic and civil service legend having spent almost 30 years serving in various departments. He was appointed Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet in 2002, serving three Prime Ministers. A former Ambassador of Canada to the Italian Republic with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Albania, the Republic of San Marino, and High Commissioner to the Republic of Malta. He taught at the University of New Brunswick for a decade before joining the public service and was Director of the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs at York University from 2009 to 2014. He has chaired and sat on numerous non-governmental boards, including the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, the Atkinson foundation, the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives and the World Wildlife Fund Canada.
