The Myth of the Global Market: A Marxist Critique of Neoliberalism

Capitalism is often held to be the best of all possible worlds, or even the only possible world, in which the market is underpinned by the highest principles of rationality, efficiency, and compatibility with democracy. These truths are backed up by economists, a group who present themselves as impartial experts capable of operating independently of ideology or political intrusion.

This book questions these “scientific truths”. It discusses the ideological foundations of neoliberalism and th...