Jamal Awil

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John Williamson's Washington Consensus is the most famous example with its edicts to privatize. [definitional]

Neoliberalism is often presented as a set of solutions: a ten-point plan to destroy solidarity and the welfare state. John Williamson's Washington Consensus is the most famous example with its edicts to privatize, liberalize, and deregulate. Neoliberals are often said to offer a laundry list, a recipe book, a panacea and a one-size-fits-all rostrum.

Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, loc. 160