Video: Simon Springer on 'Neoliberalism and Discourse: Politics Between Poststructuralism and Political Economy'

The Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney was very pleased to host a well-attended and thought-provoking seminar with Simon Springer, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria, on 14 July 2016.

Today we are posting a video recording of the talk, titled ‘Neoliberalism and Discourse: Politics Between Poststructuralism and Political Economy’, and the ensuing discussion.

Simon Springer’s newest book, The Discourse of Neoliberalism: An Anatomy of a Powerful Idea, has just been published with Rowman & Littlefield International.

Author: Gareth Bryant

Gareth Bryant is a political economist at the University of Sydney. He works as a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Economy and as economist-in-residence with the Sydney Policy Lab.

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Video: Simon Springer on ‘Neoliberalism and Discourse: Politics Between Poststructuralism and Political Economy’