The Neoliberal Order Must End

Its legacy is only that of destruction and great suffering.

Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden speaking with attendees at the 2019 Iowa Federation of Labor Convention hosted by the AFL-CIO at the Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona, Iowa. Courtesy of Flickr by Gage Skidmore. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shortly after the end of the Cold War, we were sold the illusion that the neoliberal order was going to be the harbinger of indefinite prosperity for all, allowing the markets to bestow their blessings upon the wider populace as governments mostly tended to matters of civic life, with a ballot being cast every few…