This is the third part of my blog on neoliberalism, which asks the following questions:

• Were the economic policies of the Hawke-Keating governments neoliberal, or simply pragmatic?
• Was ‘Fightback’ a triumph of neoliberalism or the beginning of its decline?
• Did it advance or retreat under Howard and Costello?
• What’s left of neoliberalism?

The star-studded cast of this blog includes Dani Rodrick, John Quiggin, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Paul Kelly, Alan Bond, John Hewson, John Howard, and Peter Costello.

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