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Mark Blyth - A Brief History of How We Got Here and Why

McMaster Humanities · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Macroeconomics & financial crisesWorld historyLabor, work & inequality

What it is

Political economist Mark Blyth gives a lecture tracing two versions of capitalist 'software': the postwar Great Compression era and the neoliberal era from 1980 to 2008. He explains the bug that crashed the first and the design of the second.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a great primer on how neoliberalism developed and why the postwar order broke down.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I've been desperate to learn more about this since watching Mark Blyth's talk”

    Blyth's history of how neoliberal capitalism developed.

    ep103, 2019-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Paul Volcker has died”

  2. “Mark Blyth gives a great primer called "A brief history of how we got here and why”

    Primer on the history of neoliberalism.

    0xfaded, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “Block The New York Times”

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Topics: political economy, neoliberalism, capitalism, great compression, economic history

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