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The Invisible Doctrine

The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)

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The Invisible Doctrine

By: George Monbiot, Peter Hutchison
Narrated by: George Monbiot
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We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our relationships and our mental wellbeing; even the planet we inhabit – the very air we breathe. So pervasive has it become that, for most people, it has no name. It seems unavoidable, like a natural law.

But trace it back to its roots, and we discover that it is neither inevitable nor immutable. It was conceived, propagated, and then concealed by the powerful few. It is time to bring it into the light - and, in doing so, to find an alternative worth fighting for.

Neoliberalism. Do you know what it is?

©2024 George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison (P)2024 Penguin Audio Economic History Economics Political Science Politics & Government Socialism Taxation Capitalism

Critic Reviews

Explosive and beautifully told … these truths can set us free (Danny Dorling)
This brave book borders on being a page turner … ‘The Secret History of Neoliberalism’ is really the ultimate crime novel, one in which we all play a part (Kevin Anderson)
Incisive, illuminating, eye-opening—an unsparing anatomy of the great ideological beast stalking our times (David Wallace-Wells)
The Invisible Doctrine is everything you need. Monbiot and Hutchinson have written the definitive short history of the neoliberal confidence trick (Yanis Varoufakis)
Mrs Thatcher was wrong: there is an alternative. Read this book and rebel (Guy Shrubsole)
Read it, get angry, demand better! (Gaia Vince)
Vital, vivid, compelling. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how dark money and hidden influence have taken over politics - and the world (Peter Geoghegan)
An urgent unmasking of some of the most powerful and insidious yet overlooked ideas of our era (Olúfemi O. Táíwò)
This book is dynamite – shining a spotlight on the evils of neoliberalism, shattering the myth that ‘there is no alternative’, and laying the foundations for a new politics (Caroline Lucas)
This is the book we have been waiting for. Read it, discuss it with your friends, and join the resistance! (Ingrid Robeyns)
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This book should be read by everyone who is dissatisfied with the worldwide erosion of democracy while the rich get richer and the rest of us get poorer. A compelling analysis of the causes of the problems facing the world and some suggestions for fixing them.

The logic of the analysis of Neoliberalism.

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Of course the elite take every opportunity to take advantage of the people who are doing all the paddling.
They have the time to organise lobby groups and pay for representation to government, with the funds gained by exploitation of management, workers, slaves, and the peoples, and planets resources.
This book has switched my senses on, and according to this well structured tome, we only need 26 percent of people to read and recognise our situation.

Why do we tolerate the existing system

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It’s hard not to listen to this book and not reflect on the limitations, and in fairness positives, of the current variation of capitalism. What targeted my attention was the political capture and the big and dark money involved. Surely a massive spotlight on a systemic weakness, hidden away largely in plain sight.

A challenge to the existing economic approach

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I have known much of this before now. George and Peter have pulled a lot of modern economic history in to a single place to explain the downward spiral of our current political failure and blessedly a hint of they way out of it. Thanks!

Truly valuable. Crucial information.

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A sobering summation of how a reckless and self serving group of uber rich took their world view underground with dire political, social and environmental consequences. A point of view well worth considering. Do we have time to arrest the slide. Listen and find out.

The Invisible made Visible

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Great short read on capitalism and neo-Liberalism and what we can do to change it - must read

Wow

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