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By 2008 when it appeared as if the American and European markets would crash and that the world was on the verge of an economic depression, economists from both the left and right began to proclaim the end of neoliberalism, or at least of some of its basic features exemplified by, for example, the Washington Consensus.
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Majhanovich, S. (2013). How the English Language Contributes to Sustaining the Neoliberal Agenda. In: Majhanovich, S., Geo-JaJa, M.A. (eds) Economics, Aid and Education. The World Council of Comparative Education Societies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-365-2_6
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