Reclaiming the State

William Mitchell is Professor of Economics at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is considered one of the world's leading heterodox economists and is the author of Reclaiming the State (Pluto, 2017).Thomas Fazi is a writer, journalist, translator and researcher. His articles have appeared in numerous publications. He is the author of The Battle for Europe (Pluto, 2014) and Reclaiming the State (Pluto, 2017), co-authored with William Mitchell.

'Prepare to be blown away and forget what you think you knew about money'

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Make the Left Great AgainPart I: The Great Transformation Redux: From Keynesianism to Neoliberalism – and Beyond1. Broken Paradise: A Critical Assessment of the Keynesian ‘Full Employment’ Era 2. Destined to Fail: Understanding the Crisis of Keynesianism and the Rise of Neoliberalism 3. That Option No Longer Exists: How Britain, and the British Labour Party, Fell into the Monetarist Trap 4. The Paris Consensus: The French Left and the Creation of Neoliberal Europe5. The State Never Went Away: Neoliberalism as a State-driven Project 6. Après Elle, le Déluge: Are We Entering a Post-Neoliberal Age? Part II: A Progressive Strategy for the Twenty-First Century7. Towards a Progressive Vision of Sovereignty8. A Government is Not Like a Household: An Introduction to Modern Monetary Theory 9. I Have a Job for You: Why a Job Guarantee is Better than a Basic Income 10. We Have a (Central) Plan: The Case of Renationalisation Conclusion: Back to the StateNotesIndex