(OTHER BOOKS BY NOAM CHOMSKY. ‘Amercan Per adhe Neo Mandar ‘Aste of Theory and Ste ‘Wer wih hve a agus (Ge Ware The Connon Good ral Wrtnge Vol sand 2 The Care of Tore Drtering Dencracy Fol Tangle The US, lado th Plein For Reson of State Kroll of Lagu Is Nat, Origins oud Use Lenape ond Mid Lengua and Pratl of Kec Lechel on Goreme ai Las fom Lenton. Rico om Propaganda Maman Cone (ib EbeardS Hera) ‘Mata Conta Te Spc Acbentof Propagone Thedtinast Program Nrcesary Mins Ox Poon an lacy ase the Md Ex Prat and Emperors The Pola ony of Hume Rights, Vol Land (exh El S. Hema) Poe and Prt ial Prints, Réfecon on Language Redding Cal TFK, th Vi Ral and Rete Soul Par of Eg (tb Mors Halle) Toward a Nw Col Wer Tring the Te The Uni of US. Powe Wel Ondo Oid and New Yar Sor. The Cngust Cotes ym Wr and US Patel Cane ‘Naam Chomsky’ publishers the US, ineade Columbia University Pres, Common Courage, Seven Stone, ad South End Prev inthe UK. Plt rm i Asa Allens Urwin an ia Eat. American erty in Cao Pow Profit Over People Neoliberalism and Global Order Noam Chomsky SEVEN STORIES PRESS New York « Teroste » LondonCopytgh: ©1999 by Noam Chomiy Innodtion ©1988 by Reber We MeChesney ‘Seven ute Pree Ft Eon Al igh exer. No part of dis book may be etc, sre oa terial emote an for yy oro ning Ineo dent, photocopying rocking o ater with the or witea peminion of he puke Inte UK: Tunatound Pusher Sev Lh Unc 3. Olympia Fig ss, Coburg Road Wood Geen London 82 6TZ U.K InCamde ashion Howse, 36 Nolin Read Torn, Ontario MAB 32, Canada ISBN. T888363-69-4 ISBN 1stiae3-427 ph) | Fe cepse. 2. Libri. Demos “t Consmpsion (sanomis I Tie bss C310 1998 330 1F da 987654 oak dein by Adin Simon Seven Sais ie 10 Wats Seer New Yok NY (0013, Pied inthe USA, Introduction by Robert W. MeChesney v ‘The Zapatista Uprising... 121 vi “The Ultimate Me 131 vw “Hordes of Vigilant 159 Index ... 169 sipby eben W.MeCetey 'Neoliberalism isthe defining political economic paradigm ‘of our time—it refers to the polices and processes whereby a rel ative handiul of private interests are permitted to control 3s much, as possible of social Ife in order to maximize thet personal profit Associated initially with Reagan and Thatcher, forthe past two decades neoliberalism has been the dominant global politcal eco- ‘nomic trend adopted by political parties of the center and much ‘of the traditional left as wel as the right. These parties and the policies they enact represent the immediate interests of extremely, "wealthy investors and les than one thousand large corporations ‘Aside trom some academics and members of the business ‘community, the term neoiberaism is largely unknown and unused by the public at-large, especially in the United States. There, 0 the contrary, neoliberal inivatves are characterized as free mar ket polices that encourage private enterprise and consumer choice, reward personal responsibilty and entrepreneurial initiative, and undermine the dead hand ofthe incompetent, bureaucratic and par asitic government, that can never do good even if wel intended, which icraely is. A generation of corporate-financed public rela tions elfors has given these terms and ideas a near sacred aura ‘Asa result, the claims they make rarely require defense, and are wealthy 7 lavoked to rationalize anything from lowering taxes ont