‘Liberalism’ can refer to economic, political, or even religious ideas, but the term varies from one discipline to another. Political liberalism is in many ways a strategy to prevent social conflict and is presented to poor and working people as progressive compared to conservative. Economic liberalism is a quite different animal. Conservative politicians who say they hate ‘liberals’ - meaning the political type - have no real problem with economic liberalism, including neoliberalism. With the rapid rise of the global economy and free trade, we are now witnessing neoliberalism on a grand scale. This important new collection gathers together a world class team of contributors to assess the impact of neoliberalism on the world economy. These include Douglass C. North, Robert Keohane, Peter Hall and Peter Katzenstein.