Description
This book explores the rise, impact and future of neoliberalism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Over the past four decades, neoliberal policies — privatisation, deregulation, austerity and market fundamentalism — have radically reshaped the country more thoroughly than in any other OECD Nation.
This collection brings together leading scholars, researchers and activists to unpack the social, economic and political costs of the ‘New Zealand Experiment’.
It charts how neoliberalism hollowed out public institutions, sharpened inequality, and reduced our ability to respond to crises. It reveals how today’s challenges — from the cost of living and housing crises to the rise of precarious work — are rooted in this legacy.
Yet it also offers hope. Contributors provide transformative policy alternatives, ranging from universal basic income to new forms of democratic governance, public ownership and economic justice.
Accessible, thought-provoking and timely, this book is a critical resource for understanding Aotearoa New Zealand today and imagining a more equitable future. It is both a map of the terrain and a call to collective action.
