The rush to regulate: The shift in Australia from the rule of markets to the rule of capital

Authors
Bryan, D
Citation
D. Bryan, The rush to regulate: The shift in Australia from the rule of markets to the rule of capital, AUST J SOC, 35(4), 2000, pp. 333-348
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work & Social Policy
Journal title
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES
ISSN journal
01576321 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
333 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0157-6321(200011)35:4<333:TRTRTS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
There has been a significant shift in the momentum of national economic pol icy in Australia, from the market as an end in itself, towards a regulated policy agenda that asserts the social, cultural and economic rule of the ca pital. This 'new' policy is what neo-liberalism really involves. Arguments about 'free-markets' and 'economic rationalism' fail to recognise the shift and are thus not germane to current policy analysis.