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Was the populist far right a reaction to neoliberal free market fundamentalism? Or, as historian Quinn Slobodian argues, did such rightwing currents come out of the ideas of neoliberalism itself? Slobodian reflects on neoliberal thinkers' preoccupation with racist and misogynistic ideas of human nature and intelligence, borders and gold — all in service to their war on the left. Quinn Slobodian, Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right Zone Books, 2025 The post The Neoliberal Roots of Rightwing Populism appeared first on KPFA.

Question: Is it rational and sensible for the Protesters in LA to be waving foreign nations Flag while demanding immigration rights to undocumented immigrants who are advocating for freedom from surveillance from #trump #ICE agents?On this episode of The Neoliberal Round Podcast, Renaldo McKenzie, Creator and Host and President of The Neoliberal with Donte Nelson Co-Host/Producer discuss the LA Protests. The two provided critical analysis and commentaries on the protestations in LA on immigration.The Episode is season 11 Ep 7 of the Podcast via any audio podcast stream https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal.The Neoliberal Round is a production of The Neoliberal Corporation https://theneoliberal.com https://renaldocmckenzie.comCall us 1-445-260-9198.Neoliberalism is now available in Jamaica. Get your copy worldwide and access out IT, writing, and Content and Advertorial services. Visit https://store.theneoliberal.com.Donate to us: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USSJLFU2HRVAQEmail us: info@theneoliberal.com or renaldocmckenzie@gmail.com Next: We discuss CryptoThen, Caribbean Thought Summer 2025 Lecture 5 Part 1Is it rational and sensible for the Protesters in LA to be waving foreign nations Flag while demanding immigration rights to undocumented immigrants who are advocating for freedom from surveillance from #trump #ICE agents?On this episode of The Neoliberal Round Podcast, Renaldo McKenzie, Creator and Host and President of The Neoliberal with Donte Nelson Co-Host/Producer discuss the LA Protests. The two provided critical analysis and commentaries on the protestations in LA on immigration.The Episode is season 11 Ep 7 of the Podcast via any audio podcast stream https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal.The Neoliberal Round is a production of The Neoliberal Corporation https://theneoliberal.com https://renaldocmckenzie.comCall us 1-445-260-9198.Neoliberalism is now available in Jamaica. Get your copy worldwide and access out IT, writing, and Content and Advertorial services. Visit https://store.theneoliberal.com.Donate to us: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USSJLFU2HRVAQEmail us: info@theneoliberal.com or renaldocmckenzie@gmail.com Next: We discuss Crypto, Then, Caribbean Thought Summer 2025 Lecture 5 Part 1Podcast Script[Renaldo – Opening] Today, we're diving into the protests happening right now in Los Angeles — protests that are raising critical questions about civil disobedience, immigration enforcement, and historical legacy. Let me ask you — are the protesters in LA standing on the right side of history? It's not a rhetorical question. It's one we need to wrestle with[Segment 1: The Conversation Begins]Recently, I sat down with a guest — an African American American, if you will — to get his take on what's happening in California. His first response?" Nothing." That was it. Nothing. But silence — as I've come to understand — is rarely ever just apathy. Sometimes it's exhaustion. Sometimes it's reflection. Sometimes it's survival. So I asked again: “Do you think the ICE agents are terrorizing people in LA?” His response was telling. “They're doing what they're supposed to be doing,” he said. But when I pressed him on whether they should be doing it — whether it's moral or justified — the lines got blurrier.[Segment 2: ICE, Trump & the Protesters][Segment 3: Words Matter]Let's talk about language. Protesters say they're being “terrorized.” Officials say it's “law enforcement.” Who's right?[Segment 4: So I ask again: Will history look back on these LA protesters as troublemakers… or as truth-tellers?[Conclusion: Right Side of History?][Outro

Coming to you LIVE... we are joined by two very special friends of the pod – artist Darren Cullen (aka Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives) and journalist and author Imogen West-Knights – as they explore the spirit of the millennium via the museum gift shop. New Labour were great proponents of the culture industries, and made admission to the UK's national museums free in 2001. Did this and grand projects like the Millennium Dome change our relationship with museums? The podcast also explores how the contents of the museum gift shop have changed in the 21st century – and what this might tell us about the evolving nature of consumer capitalism. This event was recorded live as part of the event series connected to the Cursed Objects in Museum Shops exhibition at the Peltz Gallery. The exhibition is FREE and runs until 26th June, Mon-Fri 10am- 8pm. For more information, see here. (You've only got two weeks left to see it!!) About the speakers: Darren Cullen is a satirical artist, illustrator and writer, the creator of the ‘hell' bus targeting oil companies' greenwashing, and better known as Spelling Mistakes Costs Lives. In 2019 he co-curated the Museum of Neoliberalism, which was open until 2024. Imogen West-Knights is a freelance journalist and novelist, focusing on culture and politics for the Guardian, NY Times, FT, Slate and others. Her Guardian Long Read on the inside story of the Millennium Dome was published in 2020. With thanks to Jade Bailey for her help on the recording. This event was supported by the Centre for Museum Cultures, Birkbeck.  

Gilberto Maringoni afirmou que o arcordo entre Mercosul e União Europeia será um desastre para o Brasil, ele também disse que o governo Lula 3 é neoliberal e está marcado pelo arcabouço fiscal, o novo teto de gastos.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, neoliberalism, with its belief in the virtues of markets and competition, seemed to have triumphed. But in the decades that followed, neoliberalism had a problem: the rise of social movements, from civil rights and feminism to environmentalism, were now proving roadblocks in the road to freedom, nurturing a culture of government dependency, public spending, political correctness and special pleading.  Neoliberals needed an antidote. They found it in nature. Historian Quinn Slobodian explains how neoliberal thinkers drew on the language of science to embed the idea of ‘competition' ever deeper into social life, to reinstate a hierarchy of gender, race and cultural difference, and to advocate cultural homogeneity as essential for markets to truly work. Reading and misreading the writings of their sages, Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises, they forged alliances with racial psychologists, neoconfederates, ethnonationalists that would become known as the alt-right. Insightful, provocative and expertly-researched, this conversation provides a timely and essential understanding of modern geopolitics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Musk Leveraged Government Access for Personal Gain. The Billionaires Backing the Neoliberal 'Abundance Coachella' Gathering Draw progressive ire. Americans will die.Subscribe to our Newsletter:https://politicsdoneright.com/newsletterPurchase our Books: As I See It: https://amzn.to/3XpvW5o How To Make AmericaUtopia: https://amzn.to/3VKVFnG It's Worth It: https://amzn.to/3VFByXP Lose Weight And BeFit Now: https://amzn.to/3xiQK3K Tribulations of anAfro-Latino Caribbean man: https://amzn.to/4c09rbE

Donald Trump claims his tariffs will bring back good manufacturing jobs and help to reindustrialize the United States, but all the evidence suggests this will fail, because he has no coherent industrial policy, is gutting the state's capacities, and refuses to challenge Wall Street. Ben Norton explains how the US economy was financialized, and what it would take to truly revive industry. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxWBnA_bQN0 Topics 0:00 (CLIPS) Intro 1:07 Trump's tariffs 2:09 Wells Fargo study 3:23 Industrial policy 3:51 China's industrial policy and planning 6:49 Biden's half-baked attempt 8:00 Survey: US manufacturing is not coming back 11:08 Tariff revenue was paid as subsidies 11:43 US government debt and deficit 12:28 Contradictions in tariff policy 13:25 Data on deindustrialization of US economy 15:45 The American System 18:44 Abraham Lincoln 19:13 Henry Clay 19:26 (CLIP) Trump on Henry Clay 19:59 (CLIP) Trump invokes the American System 20:22 Trumpism = Reaganism + protectionism 20:47 Financialization of US economy 21:20 Trump's tax cuts on the rich 21:55 Corporate incentives 22:43 GE and Boeing 23:28 Wall Street 24:24 US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick 25:41 (CLIP) Howard Lutnick on factory jobs 26:46 Manufacturing jobs 27:33 Views on manufacturing in USA 28:22 Lack of skilled labor in USA 29:01 Apple 29:42 (CLIP) Apple CEO Tim Cook on China 32:09 Wages in China 33:50 Vietnam and market socialism 35:37 Elon Musk and Tesla 36:57 US oligarchs 37:39 Policy proposal for reindustrialization 39:52 Challenging capital 40:38 Neoliberal globalization 42:31 Trump's tax policy helps rich, hurts poor 44:52 Outro

Thank you Dannys, Pamela R. Daniels, Katharine Hill, Alexandra Drone, Cualac2, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.Democratic Voters Choose Fighting Corporate Power Over Neoliberal Abundance ‘Scam': Poll: “At a moment when U.S. democracy is threatened by MAGA authoritarianism and deep inequality, doubling down on private-sector solutions while ignoring redist… To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com

Post-Neoliberalism Conference: Beyond NeoliberalismREALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail Us: realignmentpod@gmail.comHistorians Gary Gerstle and Noam Maggor, organizers of the Beyond Neoliberalism conference, join The Realignment. Marshall, Noam, and Gary discuss the origins and aims of their conference, why conversations about post-neoliberalism aren't just about wonky, academic jargon, the rise and fall of the New Deal and Neoliberal political orders, why 1990s neoliberal thinking no longer helps us think through today's challenges, the false starts and stops of the post-2016 realignment era, and what a post-neoliberal political order could look like. 

Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day. Author Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College. The episode is hosted by Ailin Zhou, PhD student in Film & Digital Media at University of California - Santa Cruz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coming up later on The Neoliberal Round: Here is a Mash up of some latest shows and some upcoming breaking news that you can't miss on The Neoliberal Round Podcast and YouTube, and Journals and digital magazines at The Neoliberal Journals and The Neoliberal Post.#theneoliberalround 1. P. Diddy2. Ai3. Poverty Stats in Jamaica4. Cameka Ruth Taylor, Authorpreneur5. Caribbean Thought6. The investigative news team at The Neoliberal discover a local community gas station convenience store in #Philadelphia selling fake male supplements with flour and other substances inside the pill packets, unbeknown to men who use these. This and more coming up This Holiday weekend. #trailers At the end we also post a comment about a developing story we are working on in #philadelphia #fakerhino69 1. The investigative news team at The Neoliberal discover a local community gas station convenience store in #Philadelphia selling fake male supplements with flour and other substances inside the pill packets, unbeknown to men who use these. Subscribe: https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal #renaldomckenzie #theneoliberalround #theneoliberal Visit us: https://theneolibheral.comhttps://renaldocmckenzie.comDonate to us: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USSJLFU2HRVAQEmail - renaldocmckenzie@gmail.com Call 1-445-260-9198

Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day. Author Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College. The episode is hosted by Ailin Zhou, PhD student in Film & Digital Media at University of California - Santa Cruz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day. Author Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College. The episode is hosted by Ailin Zhou, PhD student in Film & Digital Media at University of California - Santa Cruz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day. Author Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College. The episode is hosted by Ailin Zhou, PhD student in Film & Digital Media at University of California - Santa Cruz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day. Author Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College. The episode is hosted by Ailin Zhou, PhD student in Film & Digital Media at University of California - Santa Cruz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

In this première of the Caribbean Thought Lecture Series, Summer 2025: Part 1, Professor Renaldo McKenzie begins with a Prelude; "Setting the Stage to the Course: Understanding the Approach to Caribbean Thought: It's Concepts, Paradigm, Historical and Current Trends. The Lecture series is recorded before a class with over 50 students registered to the course from all over the world. Renaldo in this lecture begins to focus the students on the concepts with a general overview of the course lifting up some issues in the news and responding to them as a way to help the students to understand the critical approach that the course will take to the reflections on current and historical trends. The students engage briefly in a debate with Rev. Renaldo as he set the stage for the course this semester. The course lectures are edited and students faces will not be featured in this course and some discussions will not be published to protect the privacy of the students and the institution where the Lectures are being delivered. The Lecture series is also a production of The Neoliberal Round and The Neoliberal Corporation and is conducted before a live audience in Philadelphia Pennsylvania at The Neoliberal Corporation and via the Zoom online platform. Rev. Renaldo McKenzie is the Lecturer and Author of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty and Resistance. Renaldo is also the Editor-in-Chief at The Neoliberal and Editor and Co-Author of the new book: John Anthony Castro Files Motion to Strike: It Was Rigged From The Start, published by The Neoliberal. Renaldo is also working on releasing his third book, the second in the Neoliberalism series with Martin Oppenheimer, Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered. Renaldo completed his Master of Philosophy Thesis University of Pennsylvania, and is a Penn Alumni. Renaldo was ordained the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands and is a Drug and Alcohol Professional in The City of Philadelphia Coordinating the Opioid-Use Disorder Program. Renaldo is a doctoral Candidate at Georgetown University, and is actively engaged in Research notably, Exploring the Attitudes Towards Afro Caribbean Beliefs. Renaldo can be reached at 1-445-260-9198 and at info@theneoliberal.com or renaldocmckenzie@gmail.com Visit us at https://theneoliberal.com and https://renaldocmckenzie.comDonate to us: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USSJLFU2HRVAQCheck out our store page: https://store.theneoliberal.com

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Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day. Author Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College. The episode is hosted by Ailin Zhou, PhD student in Film & Digital Media at University of California - Santa Cruz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day. Author Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College. The episode is hosted by Ailin Zhou, PhD student in Film & Digital Media at University of California - Santa Cruz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day. Author Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College. The episode is hosted by Ailin Zhou, PhD student in Film & Digital Media at University of California - Santa Cruz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day. Author Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College. The episode is hosted by Ailin Zhou, PhD student in Film & Digital Media at University of California - Santa Cruz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times (Lexington Books, 2024) calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day. Author Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College. The episode is hosted by Ailin Zhou, PhD student in Film & Digital Media at University of California - Santa Cruz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I thought I was going to die and feared for my life”. Former GOP Presidential Candidate, John Castro experienced a chilling twist of fate. He found himself locked in a federal cell with Jeffrey McKellop, a Trump Supporter. McKellop is a January 6 rioter and former Green Beret from Virginia. Castro alleges that the intent behind this placement was far from accidental. According to him, there was a nefarious plan in motion: McKellop was to take him out. But what unfolded was not an assassination—it was an unlikely alliance.Renaldo McKenzie, Creator and Host of The Neoliberal and The Neoliberal Round and Author of "Neoliberalism", discusses a piece of new he discovered during the interviews and contacts and information gathering from Mr. Castro who is in Federal Prison.https://renaldocmckenzie.com/2025/05/castros-story-prison-betrayal-and-a-battle-for-justice/Https://theneoliberal.comThe Neoliberal Corpration.Subscribe on any stream:https://anchor.fm/theneoliberalDonate to us: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USSJLFU2HRVAQEmail us info@theneoliberal.com and renaldocmckenzie@gmail.comcall us 1-4454-260-9198

This week, Ellen and Alona are joined by Canadian historian Quinn Slobodian.The rise of the populist right is often framed as a backlash against neoliberalism—a revolt by those “left behind” by globalisation. But in his new book Hayek's Bastards, Quinn argues the opposite: that movements like Maga are not a reaction to neoliberalism, but its latest iteration.Tracing the intellectual lineage of today's far right, he characterises it as a “new fusionism” between three ideological pillars: racialised beliefs in genetically hardwired human nature, hard money, and hard borders.Quinn answers: who are “Hayek's bastards”? Are the right better at engaging with ideas than the left? And what does Trump really believe?Hayek's Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right is available here.Prospect podcasts are also available on our YouTube channel (@prospect_magazine) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Watch the Premiere of What's You Story Part 18 Featuring #Caribbean Author and Publisher, Cameka Ruth Taylor of #Jamaica on The Neoliberal Round Podcast and YouTube Channel by @RenaldoMcKenzie, on #MothersDay Here's a trailer to the Episode.

It's all BS? The Weekend on The Neoliberal Round with Renaldo, Donte and Montel... A lot of African Americans and people from the Caribbean diaspora have moved to Ghana to set up business and live the American Dream. But this woman shares that she is fed up of Ghana and wants to return to the US. Here why and listen to the commentary on The Neoliberal Round Podcasts and YouTube Channel. Subscribe for free on any stream. Find your podcast stream here: https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USSJLFU2HRVAQ

Tech billionaires' paradoxical political support of TrumpNick Cohen and Quinn Slobodian,@zeithistoriker, the Canadian author and academic, discuss the paradoxical behaviour of American libertarians, particularly tech billionaires, who have been supporting Donald Trump despite his policies contradicting their beliefs in free trade, limited state interference, and unrestricted business operations. Quinn, a professor of international history at Boston University, introduced his book "Hayek's Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right," which explores the roots of the modern radical right and helps understand why these individuals seem to make little sense.Neoliberalism's Shift From Globalism to AuthoritarianismQuinn discusses the origins of neoliberal thought and libertarianism in the aftermath of the Habsburg Empire's collapse. He highlighted the Universalist project of Friedrich Hayek, Wilhelm Rupka, and Ludwig von Mises to rebuild the world economy. Quinn also explains how the consensus of globalism started to unravel in the 1990s, leading to a shift in libertarian Universalism towards human differences and acceptance of authoritarian partnerships. He uses the figure of Peter Thiel to illustrate this transformation.Silicon Valley's Libertarian escapism and governmentQuinn discusses the convergence of Silicon Valley escapism and libertarianism, highlighting the story of California and its influence on libertarianism. He also touched on the role of the government in supporting the tech industry, particularly in the development of the Internet. Nick agrees with Quinn's points and added that the hippie movement also sought to reduce the power of the state over the individual.Ultra-rich influence on American societyQuinn and Nick discuss the influence of the ultra-rich on American society. Quinn argued that the ultra-rich have abandoned the need to buy legitimacy, which is a warning sign. Nick suggests that the ultra-rich are not as concerned with America as they should be, and that they are more sanguine about Trump's actions. Quinn also mentioned that the ultra-rich are constantly seeking security and are leaning into the dynamics of capitalist competition. Nick concludes that the ultra-rich are willing to use any means to defeat their perceived enemies, including burning down American cultural institutions.Read all about it!Nick Cohen's @NichCohen4 latest Substack column Writing from London on politics and culture from the UK and beyond.Quinn Slobodian is a Canadian author & historian specialising in modern Germany and international history. He is currently Professor of International History at Boston University. His latest book is Hayek's bastards: The Neoliberal roots of the Populist Right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Montel joins the team at The Neoliberal to discuss: The Eagles picks Jihaad in the first round and Nabuku in the second-round of the NFL draft. Zelenskyy is embraced and No applause for Trump at Pope Francis FuneralMontel is a new Sport's Analyst at The Neoliberal Round and The Neoliberal Corporation who will appear on our week-end shows to discuss, fashion, entertainment and Sports.The Neoliberal celebrates 4-years on April 21 2025. Thank you for making The Neoliberal.The Neoliberal Round is a production of The Neoliberal Corporation by Renaldo McKenzie.Subscribe for free https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal.Visit us at https://theneoliberal.com and https://renaldocmckenzie.comEmail us info@theneoliberal.comDonate at: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USSJLFU2HRVAQ

The Penn Relays have officially begun at the University of Pennsylvania—my alma mater—and once again, the historic Franklin Field is alive with the spirit of one of the oldest and most prestigious track and field events in the Americas. Hosted annually by Penn Athletics, the Relays are more than just a sporting event—they are a cultural moment, especially for the Caribbean diaspora.You simply cannot mention the Penn Relays without mentioning Jamaica in the same breath. Jamaicans have long been dominant and enthusiastic participants, from high school standouts to collegiate champions. The relays serve as a proving ground for emerging talent and a showcase of track royalty.I remember one year when I had the privilege to volunteer at the games. It was a moment I'll never forget—I met the likes of Bill Cosby, the Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (Jamaica's first woman Prime Minister), and track legends such as Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. The electric atmosphere, the sound of cheering crowds, and the buzz around potential stars from across the U.S. and Caribbean left an indelible mark on me.Yet, something feels different this year. While the 2025 Penn Relays have kicked off with their usual modest energy, there's a noticeable lack of media coverage and buzz. Surprisingly, many locals in Philadelphia I spoke to either weren't aware the Penn Relays were happening or didn't know what the event was at all. This is a stark contrast to years past, when the city would buzz with anticipation and pride.Still, the Caribbean diaspora and college track athletes from around the country are already making their way to the city, bringing with them a growing excitement that's starting to creep in. Although mainstream media has yet to fully engage, the passion of the people remains. A quick keyword search or hashtag scroll for “Penn Relays 2025” yields only a handful of results—disappointing for such a historic event.We remain hopeful that as the week unfolds, coverage will swell and the attention this event deserves will return. In these turbulent and uncertain times, we need events like the Penn Relays. They offer catharsis and community—a moment to celebrate excellence, heritage, and unity.Between the NBA playoffs and the Penn Relays, there's a lot to look forward to this week. Stay tuned—The Neoliberal Round and our YouTube channel may bring you interviews, event highlights, and the heartbeat of the city and its athletes as the games progress.Until then,Renaldo C. McKenzieThe NeoliberalRenaldo McKenzie is Author of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty and Resistance, President of the Neoliberal Corporation, The Neoliberal, and Creator and Host of The Neoliberal Round Podcast and YouTube Channel.Renaldo is also a two-time graduate of The University of Pennsylvania and currently a Professor at Jamaica Theological Seminary and a Georgetown Liberal Studies Fellow.The Neoliberal Round YouTube channel will be present to capture some of the games live. SubscribeThe Neoliberal Round YouTube Channel by Renaldo McKenzieFirst published in The Neoliberal Journals at The Neoliberal Corporation Moral Magazine website:https://theneoliberal.com/the-penn-relays-begin-at-penn-a-tradition-rooted-in-speed-culture-and-diaspora-pride/The Penn Relays Begin at Penn: A Tradition Rooted in Speed, Culture, and Diaspora PrideDonate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USSJLFU2HRVAQ

Jesus Said; "Father forgive them for they know not what they have done," (KJV, St. Luke 23:34). This Easter, we present a re-make of several videos we mashed together to present our Easter production. It is quite powerful and inspirational as we re-did a reflection by Rev. Renaldo McKenzie and included performances with him at Easter to present a dynamic show that will help to facilitate worship and reflection. May we remember the #sacrificeandlove #Christ demonstrated that has defined the #characterofGod; humility, sacrifice and compassion for all—especially for the poor and vulnerable that #God became low to lift them up. Is that what true leadership is?As we reflect on Easter, I mashed together various short videos to provide this dynamic Easter podcast production. As we serve the world today to solve tomorrow's challenges, making popular what was the monopoly, it is important that we provide programming that is part of the solution. As such we understand that conditioning the human conscience with content that considers inspirational matters by celebrating our faith experience may help to rescues humanity and the wonton secularism that pervades. Not that we are against liberalism and secularism, but we believe that the marriage is important to keep us from destroying ourselves. The message of the cross is powerful and may help to heal a broken society devolving into decadence and social decay. May we remember the story of Jesus and his crucifixion.I provide several performances beginning with a group performance at Old First Reformed Church in Philadelphia, "The Reason We Sing."Then the Reflections by Rev. Renaldo McKenzie on Forgiveness reading from St. Luke 23:24 of the Christian Bible.We then wrap up with three performances:Donte and Renaldo using HER music,Renaldo and Ricardo on NYC train, How Great is Our God andRenaldo and Nate sing, Falling in Love with Jesus.Subscribe for free on any streaming service and donate to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal.Visit us at renaldocmckenzie.com or theneoliberal.comThe Neoliberal Round by Renaldo McKenzie, from The Neoliberal Corporation, Serving the world today to solve tomorrow's challenges, by making popular wat was the monopoly.Email us: info@theneoliberal.com, submissions@theneoliberal.com, renaldocmckenzie @gmail.com  Call Us: 1-445-260-9198Donate to us: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USSJLFU2HRVAQ

Holy Week Reflection by Rev. Renaldo McKenzie:1/Isn't it ironic, duplicitous and Pharisaical that our President Mr. Donald Trump expects compliance with executive orders… yet POTUS struggles to comply with court rulings and our Constitution?2/We can arrange prisoner swaps like Kseniya Karelina from Russia…But we can't bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador?3/Trump is not a Jew, but he moves like the Pharisees did in the #NewTestament.Jesus said:“Woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites!”4/He condemned their hypocrisy, legalism, and failure to uphold justice, mercy & faithfulness.And that's exactly what we're witnessing in this “Neoliberal age”.5/These thoughts are the foundation of my upcoming book w/ Martin Oppenheimer:Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered: Unfair Competition & the Death of Nations.By Rev. Renaldo McKenzie,Renaldo is Author of “Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty and Resistance”, available worldwide and at https://store.theneoliberal.comPresidentThe Neoliberal CorporationHttps://theneoliberal.com and https://renaldocmckenzie.comSubscribe on any stream: https://anchor.fm/theneoliberalDonate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USSJLFU2HRVAQ

Renaldo McKenzie (Host):Welcome back to The Neoliberal Round, where we unpack bold ideas, uncomfortable truths, and complex questions at the intersection of policy, politics, and people. Today's topic? Ending homelessness. That's right—ending it. Not reducing. Not managing. Ending.It's a lofty goal in a neoliberal capitalist world where greed, inequality, and competition often leave the most vulnerable behind. But one city commissioner and hotelier is proposing an unconventional solution—and whether you agree or not, it's an idea that's making waves. Joining us today is Claudio Bono, Commissioner for the City of Cupertino, hotel entrepreneur, nonprofit veteran, and founder of GiveARoof.org. He's tweeted his support for Trump's cuts to homelessness programs—yes, that Trump—which immediately drew fire from progressives. But Claudio says those cuts didn't inspire cruelty in him—they inspired creativity. So… could his airline points-based housing model be the spark we need—or is this just another swing in the dark? Let's find out.

Ryan Girdusky, host of the “A Numbers Game” podcast, joins me to discuss the modern-day ramifications of open-border immigration policies on Western countries. - - -  Today's Sponsor: 3 Day Blinds - For their buy 1 get 1 50% off deal, head to https://3DayBlinds.com/KLAVAN

Twin Brother's Ricardo and Renaldo McKenzie debated over whether President Trump should be impeached given his administration's overriding due process of the law and deporting illegal immigrants. The brothers discuss Eric Adams and whether the democrats got it right, promoting Cuomo over Adams, who no longer has his criminal case hanging over his head. The show is aired weekly on The Neoliberal Round YouTube and Podcast.Subscribe on any stream: find yours here: https://anchor.fm/theneoliberalVisit us: https://theneoliberal.com or https://renaldocmckenzie.com

Hear why The Philadelphia Inquirer shut down its Communities & Engagement Desk, laying off its reporters who are Black and people of color. Inquirer Editor Gabriel Escobar talked about the newspaper's decision and answered questions at the National Association of Black Journalist membership meeting, April 2. Escobar spoke after the NABJ 6:30pm business meeting, where we learned that the cuts had nothing to do with the nationwide cuts surrounding DEI hires. Escobar pointed to the fact that the paper made the cuts based on changes in the industry, where newspaper and news agency are downsizing. Nevertheless, Escobar did not explain the irony of these cuts with the nationwide cuts and attack on DEI and did not offer any actionable plan to ensure that current staff continue to promote local stories and peoples who are underserved in the community it serves and resides. Mr. Escobar vehemently denied receiving any funds from federal government that may affect the Inquirer's decision from making the lay-offs.Renaldo McKenzie of The Neoliberal was present for the discussions and filed this report.The press conference with Mr. Escobar was recorded live and is available on The Neoliberal Round YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@renaldomckenzie in video.The Neoliberal Round YouTube Channel. Last week, the NABJ Philly issued a statement deploring the newspaper's decision and questioning its commitment to diversity and to the neighborhoods of Philadelphia. You can read the statement on our website: nabj-philadelphia.org.Visit us at https://theneoliberal.com.We are a think tank, publishing, digital news media that is independent and grassroots, IT and web design company, researchers and content creators aimed at serving the world today to solve tomorrow's challenges by making popular what was the monopoly.

Freddy is joined by James Fishback – writer, investor and chief executive of investment firm Azoria – on ‘Liberation Day', when Donald Trump is set to announce a raft of new tariffs (at 9 p.m. UK time). They discuss the impact of Trump's tariffs on the market, whether this marks the upending of the neoliberal economic world order, or if Donald Trump is just a tough negotiator.

Freddy is joined by James Fishback – writer, investor and chief executive of investment firm Azoria – on ‘Liberation Day', when Donald Trump is set to announce a raft of new tariffs (at 9 p.m. UK time). They discuss the impact of Trump's tariffs on the market, whether this marks the upending of the neoliberal economic world order, or if Donald Trump is just a tough negotiator. Join Freddy Gray, deputy editor and host of the Americano podcast, and special guest Lionel Shriver for our second instalment of Americano Live. Go to www.spectator.co.uk/americanoevents

El futuro nos alcanzó y parece sacado de una historia de ciencia ficción. En esta Nota al Calce nos acompaña el economista y nuestro Popular favorito, Heriberto Martinez Otero, donde analizamos cómo la oligarquía y la tecnocracia están moldeando la política en Puerto Rico y Estados Unidos, desde las movidas de Elon Musk y Donald Trump hasta el impacto de la guerra en Ucrania. También exploramos las consecuencias ambientales del neoliberalismo, incluyendo el controvertido Proyecto Esencia en Cabo Rojo, y desmontamos las falacias del crecimiento económico que nos han vendido como progreso.A lo largo del episodio, conectamos estos temas con algunas de las historias más icónicas de la ciencia ficción, desde Blade Runner 2049 y Cyberpunk 2077 hasta Attack on Titan, Gundam e Independence Day. ¿Estamos viviendo en una distopía neoliberal diseñada por las élites? ¿Qué nos dice la ciencia ficción sobre nuestro presente y futuro?Déjanos tu opinión en los comentarios y únete a la conversación. No olvides suscribirte para más análisis sobre política, historia y cultura.

This is interesting/ironic: 20 years and no #Pardon for people who attack Musk Teslas, but pardons or no time for those who attacked the capital on January 6th or politicians family members who commit real crimes. Host Renaldo with Co-host Donte discuss the latest Trump action to hold accountable those who vandalize Musk's; I wonder if other businesses get this kind of protection from the president. From parading Musk cars in front of the white house to punishing protestors attacking Teslas. Is this a market economy with democratic ideals? is this the new America? We discuss this plus much more and what's to come on this episode on the neoliberal round podcast season 10 episode 25

US Vice President JD Vance gave a speech about globalization that inadvertently revealed the truth about the US empire, the goal behind the new cold war on China, the economics of imperialism, and how the Trump administration is serving billionaire Big Tech oligarchs in Silicon Valley at the expense of the working class. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywmpea6vvOE US Big Tech CEOs admit they want AI monopoly: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/02/03/us-ai-monopoly-unipolar-world-china/ Topics 0:00 (CLIP) JD Vance excerpt 0:38 US vice president speech 1:03 Preparing for war on China 3:15 Summary of Vance's speech 3:56 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat" 4:39 Deindustrialization 5:02 (CLIP) JD Vance vows "industrial comeback" 5:41 Uniting billionaires and "populists" 6:26 Neoliberalism 7:01 JD Vance's patron Peter Thiel 8:22 Trump recruits Big Tech billionaires 9:34 For monopoly, against competition 10:21 (CLIP) Peter Thiel loves monopolies 10:35 Elon Musk and Trump 11:05 Billionaire Marc Andreessen 11:47 (CLIP) Trump admin loves Silicon Valley 12:08 Trump coalition: billionaires & workers? 13:37 (CLIP) Techno-optimists vs populists? 14:21 Big Tech manifesto 15:56 Scapegoating China 17:13 (CLIP) JD Vance scapegoats China 17:34 JD Vance calls China "biggest threat" 18:53 (CLIP) JD Vance scapegoats China 19:12 Neoliberal globalization 20:07 (CLIP) JD Vance on globalization 21:18 Neoliberal globalization 22:07 Imperialism & dependency theory 24:11 China's development 24:35 US bans Chinese competitors 26:15 (CLIP) JD Vance on China's AI 26:40 US Big Tech monopolies 27:23 (CLIP) "Competition is for losers" 27:38 Trump's tariffs 28:36 Jake Sullivan's industrial policy speech 29:16 (CLIP) Jake Sullivan on Washington Consensus 31:36 Industrial policy 32:45 Tech war on China 33:31 Trump's strategy 34:01 (CLIP) JD Vance on US shipbuilding 34:53 China's Shipbuilding 35:46 State-owned enterprises 38:07 US government-owned factories 40:32 Industrial policy 43:41 (CLIP) Tax cuts on rich & deregulation 44:07 Reaganism 2.0 44:28 Historical tax rates on rich 45:48 Oligarchs avoid taxes 46:52 Trump boosts deficit & debt 47:38 Fake industrial policy 49:09 (CLIP) JD Vance is "fan" of Big Tech 49:28 Andreessen Horowitz investments 50:30 S&P 500 stock buybacks & dividends 51:03 Reaganomics 51:59 Trumponomics 53:21 Tariffs & wealth transfer 53:55 Outro

In this week's episode Mike and Elizabeth discuss an article that provides a brief history of how tyrants break confidence in democracy by destroying public trust in institutions, and attacking the government as wasteful and incompetent.  The author (Anthony Brunello) describes the tactic of cutting government to ensure it is less effective, thus making it easier to sell the idea that government fails us and only a strongman can salvage what is left.  We discuss the author's take on Project 2025, American culture wars, and religion. Along the way, Mike helps Elizabeth understand some terminology (NeoLiberal and NeoConservative) and political history.  Elizabeth worries that a quote attributed to Kissinger, " . . . people who have become accustomed to stability can't bring themselves to believe what is happening when faced with a revolutionary power and are therefore ineffective in opposing it," is all too apt apt, but Mike ends on a high note.  He believes that American democracy is strong and will survive the current challenges.   Podcast notesBrunello, A. R. (2025). The Damage Done: A Mandate to Demolish America's Progress Toward a More Perfect Union.World Affairs, 188(1), e12056.Please consider donating to the Institute for Liberal Values, a 501c3 non-profit organization at ilvalues.org. All donations go to support our continued programming to realize our mission to provide the skills and support required to build community where there has been division, encourage free expression where there has been censorship, and foster optimism where there is fear.

Renaldo discusses his upcoming interview on Germantown Radio 92.9, which will also be available in video on The Neoliberal Round Podcast and YouTube Channel later this week. In this short, Renaldo discusses that oligarchy is not new but has been around throughout history where the wealthy class controls the government; it is only being done publicly today with Trump and Elon Billionaires, who now control the government and the direction of the US. Renaldo highlights this concept in his new and upcoming book, Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered, Unfair Competition, and the Death of Nations, which will be released in May 2025. Renaldo will be a guest on Germantown Radio. Renaldo McKenzie is the Host and Creator of The neoliberal round Podcast and President of The Neoliberal corporation. Renaldo is the author of Neoliberalism, available at http://store.theneoliberal.com. The Neoliberal Corporation is at https://theneoliberal.com and https://renaldocmckenzie.com. Subscribe to The Neoliberal Round Podcast on any stream: Find yours here: https://anchor.fm/theneolibera.Support us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support. Email us info@theneoliberal.com or renaldocmckenzie ⁨@gmail.com⁩  Callus 556-260-9198.Check out our IT solutions athttps://antzbusinesssolutions.com

In this episode of The Pulse, twin brothers Ricardo and Renaldo opens the show talking about tennis the recent Premier tennis tournament at California, #indianwells. Ricardo fresh off his trip at the games stated that Indian Wells lacks diversity. Ricardo explains why and answers Renaldo's question, "why hasn't Venus Williams retired from professional tennis up to now? Renaldo also delves into a bombshell letter article entitled: Dear Editor, “Trump's Leadership: Destruction Without Solutions” written by Ricardo and published in The Neoliberal Journals: https://theneoliberal.com/dear-editor-trumps-leadership-destruction-without-solutions/Renaldo and Ricardo also discussed #wendywilliams incarceration. Renaldo highlights how outrageous the system has treated Wendy and asked where are her celebrity friends? Renaldo and Ricardo discusses how the system has betrayed Wendy and that African American starts are under attack. Renaldo and Ricardo debates DOGE, Elon Musk and Trump US Policy and the decision by the Democrats to support Trump's budget without using it as leverage to slow Trump's #maga agenda which may affect minority and low-income communities. This is a new series on The Neoliberal Round available on: The Neoliberal Round by Renaldo Mckenzie: https://anchor.fm/theneoliberalThe Pulse with Ricardo and Renaldo Mckenzie is a production of The Neoliberal Round and The Neoliberal Corporation. Executive Producer #ricardomckenzieSenior Executive Producer/Content Chief/Creator: #renaldomckenzie Visit us: https://theneoliberal.com or https://renaldocmckenzie.comGrab a book from our store: https://store.theneoliberal.comCheck out the podcast: https://anchor.fm/theneoliberalSupport us: https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/supportCall us - 1-445-260-9198.Email us: info@theneoliberal.com or renaldocmckenzie@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter: #theneoliberalco #renaldomckenzie Follow on Facebook: #renaldocmckenzie or #theneoliberalcorporation

In this episode, your favourite neoliberal Decoder shills take a break from managing the decline of late-stage capitalism to examine the insights of famed writer and renegade activist Naomi Klein. The focus is her latest literary offering, Doppelganger, where Klein wrestles with the existential dread of being confused with Naomi Wolf and uses that mix-up as a gateway to explore the "Mirror World" of conspiracy theories and online gurus (a landscape our listeners know all too well).Along the way, Matt and Chris discover Klein's views on Steve Bannon's dubious charm (and what percentage he gets right), the cause of Russell Brand's descent, the real agenda behind conspiracy theories, and why neoliberal capitalism remains the root of all evil. Plus, special guest interviewer Ryan Grim parachutes to 'just ask questions' about the lab leak, vaccine side effects and other forbidden topics that the people were not allowed to talk about!So, whether you're a champagne socialist, a crypto libertarian, a neoliberal shill, or just here for the popcorn, join Matt and Chris as they parse Klein's content and consider: is Klein speaking truth to power, or just preaching to the choir?SourcesPenguin Books: How did conspiracy theories become mainstream? | Naomi Klein | Big QuestionsNaomi Klein. Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World.Politics and Prose. Naomi Klein — Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World - with Ryan GrimTHIS- The Rebel Sell: If we all hate consumerism, how come we can't stop shopping?Ryan McBeth: Exposing the Military Industrial Complex

Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Van Jackson, senior lecturer in international relations at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and writer of the Un-Diplomatic newsletter on SubStack, to discuss his recent book The Rivalry Peril: How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy, co-authored with Michael Brenes. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump's tariffs on Mexico and Canada, fallout from the Trump/Vance confrontation with Zelenskyy, Trump's attempt to cook the books on the US GDP, Trump's newest crypto scam, US-based money laundering, RFK's measles dance, Marco Rubio's billions for Israel, Trump assault on Social Security, the DHS' IRS scheme, and the Mayoral Campaign of noted sex pest Andrew Cuomo, also admiring the full-throated spinelessness of GOP representatives Kieth Self and Roger Marshall when faced with constituent backlash at Town Halls. Van Jackson then joins, diving right into the effective myth the US has built up around the Cold War as a beneficial struggle between two great powers, a belief central to the evolution of the US' counter-insurgency-focused regime of primacy that has developed in the power vacuum left by the Soviet Union, and why the US Foreign policy apparatus has been so resolute, from the Cheneys to the Biden Administration, in pivoting to a new great power struggle with China. Expanding on this, Jackson walks through the last couple of decades of US-China hawkery, with the shrinking dividends of Neoliberal globalization pushing both the US and Chinese economies toward economic nationalism, with the US establishment frantically attempting to cling to a dying world order of complete US primacy, as it corrupts and reshapes our politics domestically while contributing to death and destruction globally. After tackling how the Trump to Biden to Trump 2.0 pipeline effectively streamlined the US' commitment to an anti-China pivot, and why Trump's buddies in Silicon Valley are set to benefit greatly from this tension, Van, Sam, and Emma wrap up by touching on the greater imperialist nature of Trump's foreign policy, and why US-Chinese relations have trapped much of the developing world into choosing between Chinese lending power and American hegemony. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma watch the new state-backed-media (the Joe Rogan Experience) clear the stage to let Elon Musk lie to the American public about what the Trump/Musk regime is up to (and why), and listen to Marjorie Taylor Greene's boytoy attempt to confront Zelenskyy about his fashion sense. They also parse through the ongoing crypto fraud of the Trump/Musk regime, and the insanity of Trump's push to use Crypto as a strategic reserve, plus, your calls and IMs! 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 What's behind the Minerals deal with Ukraine? Why it's mostly smoke & mirrors, not a contract or final deal. Why both parties compromised & left the deal vague. Who benefits from the deal? How it's related to Europe's $260B frozen Russian assets. Why it's PR. Second part of show continues discussion of the intensifying contradictions behind continuing the US global empire. Why the empire as now structured is no longer affordable and US imperialists are intent on restructuring it (once again as in 1913-19, 1944-50 and 1979-86). US deficits & debt levels unsustainable and DOGE spending cuts for tax cuts as desperate effort to regrow faltering US economy and restore empire's finances. Domestic US economic restructuring as next phase of Neoliberal policy or as beginning of the end of Neoliberal policies. (For further details on Trump-Zelensky minerals deal, check out my latest published article at http://jackrasmus.com or at LA Progressive, World Financial Review, Znet.)

Anatol Lieven looks at the global dimensions of Trumpism • Quinn Slobodian muses on whether Trump is a neoliberal, and examines the three major strands of DOGE-ism (NYRB article here) The post Trump, a new/old kind of imperialist? • Is Trump a neoliberal? appeared first on KPFA.

This week, Paul and Goldy sit down with journalist Kurt Hackbarth to discuss the recent electoral success of Mexico's Morena party and their progressive economic agenda. The conversation explores how Morena's focus on middle-out policies, such as significant minimum wage increases and sweeping social safety net programs and reforms, has lifted millions out of poverty and challenged decades of neoliberal orthodoxy. Hackbarth also highlights the effective communication strategies employed by Morena's leaders, particularly their innovative use of social media, and the importance of staying connected to the base while appealing to a broad spectrum of voters, offering insights into what U.S. Democrats can learn from Mexico's left-leaning Morena party. Kurt Hackbarth is a writer, playwright, and freelance journalist who contributes to Jacobin Magazine and co-founded the independent media project “MexElects.” His writing often explores the complexities of global affairs and the impact of neoliberalism on society. Social Media: @KurtHackbarth Further reading:  Jacobin Magazine- Mexico's Lessons for the International Left Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Threads: pitchforkeconomics Bluesky: @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social Twitter: @PitchforkEcon, @NickHanauer, @civicaction YouTube: @pitchforkeconomics LinkedIn: Pitchfork Economics Substack: The Pitch