Alex Himelfarb
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From  NEW! A Network of Persuasion |
In this chapter, Himelfarb traces how neoliberal ideas gained political ground in Western democracies from the 1940s through the 1970s. | Alex Himelfarb | 22 | 2026 | $2.20 Add |
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NEW! Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump TimesHow Canada can strengthen our sovereignty and address the American challenge, inequality and the climate crisis |
As the world reels from the turmoil of American politics, former senior bureaucrat Alex Himelfarb addresses the challenges facing Canadians after decades of neoliberal thinking have undermined … | Alex Himelfarb | 264 | 2026 | View |
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From  NEW! Interregnum and the Birth of Neoliberalism |
This chapter outlines the origins of neoliberalism and the key ideas of this philosophy as well as tracing its resurgence beginning in the 1980s after decades of disfavour. | Alex Himelfarb | 36 | 2024 | $3.60 Add |
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From NEW! Introduction |
In the Introduction, the author explains the impetus for writing this book and how it became clear that the ideology of neoliberalism lay at the root of the persistent inability to address the … | Alex Himelfarb | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Neoliberal Common SenseThe Stubborn Persistence of Neoliberalism |
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 … | Alex Himelfarb | 25 | 2024 | $2.50 Add |
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From NEW! Neoliberal Common Sense: The Stubborn Persistence of Neoliberalism |
In this chapter, Himelfarb examines how neoliberalism persists in Canada as a cultural framework rather than a set of policies. | Alex Himelfarb | 18 | 2026 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Neoliberal PoliticsTransforming Conservativism |
This chapter discusses the economic conditions of the late 1970s that made Canada ripe for conservatism and the impact of the Regan and Thatcher governments on the rise of neoliberalism in Canada … | Alex Himelfarb | 20 | 2024 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! Neoliberal Politics: Transforming Conservatism |
In this chapter, Himelfarb examines how the economic upheaval of the 1970s and 1980s allowed neoliberal ideas to reshape conservative politics in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. | Alex Himelfarb | 19 | 2026 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! Neoliberal Reason |
In this chapter, Himelfarb traces the intellectual roots of neoliberalism from the 1930s through the 1940s, centring on Friedrich Hayek and the 1947 founding of the Mont Pelerin Society. | Alex Himelfarb | 19 | 2026 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! Neoliberalism Comes to Canada |
This chapter examines the arrival of neoliberal rule in Canada and factors such as the rightward orientations of regional governments in the West, the election of Brian Mulroney, policy changes … | Alex Himelfarb | 43 | 2024 | $4.30 Add |
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From NEW! Neoliberalism Comes to Canada |
In this chapter, Himelfarb traces how neoliberal ideology reshaped Canada from the 1970s through 2015, moving from a protective welfare state toward deregulation and austerity. | Alex Himelfarb | 45 | 2026 | $4.50 Add |
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From NEW! Optimism of the WillThere Is an Alternative |
This chapter considers what is needed to counter neoliberalism and comments on the positive signs of the rise in union activity and the common cause of diverse grassroots movements in advocating … | Alex Himelfarb | 22 | 2024 | $2.20 Add |
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From NEW! Politics After the Meltdown and Then the Pandemic |
This chapter discusses the electoral success of left-leaning parties in the West the (Cameron, Obama and Trudeau governments) in response to the economic crisis and rising inequality , as well as … | Alex Himelfarb | 35 | 2024 | $3.50 Add |
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From NEW! Preface and Introduction |
In this introduction, Himelfarb examines Canada’s position amid Trump’s second presidency, tracing Canada’s internationalist heritage from Pearson to Chrétien, and … | Alex Himelfarb | 18 | 2026 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Rupture |
In this chapter, Himelfarb traces the rupture of the international liberal order following the 2008 financial crisis, examining how neoliberal governance fractured democratic institutions across … | Alex Himelfarb | 40 | 2026 | $4.00 Add |
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From  Taxes, Austerity, and What Trickles DownFrom: Canada after Harper |
Alex Himelfarb concludes by relating how tax cuts and other austerity measures have led to a loss of public awareness of the need for adequate tax revenue to maintain essential services — … | Alex Himelfarb | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
