We are no longer an open society At first glance, the combination of neoliberalism and authoritarianism might be puzzling. Wasn't the economic prosperity that neoliberalism promised premised precisely on a small state and individual freedom? Well, not exactly. The question of freedom must always be answered by another question - freedom for whom? Way back in 1978 and shortly before his untimely death, Nicos Poulantzas described the rise of an 'authoritarian statism' featuring untrammelled executive…
