Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right

{"title":"Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right","description":"In this talk, historian Quinn Slobodian, Professor of International History at Boston University and one of Prospect magazine\u2019s 25 top thinkers of 2024, challenges the common view that the rise of the populist Right is merely a backlash against neoliberalism. Drawing from his new book Hayek\u2019s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right, he argues instead that today\u2019s Far Right grew from within the neoliberal tradition itself\u2014deepening, rather than rejecting, its competitive and exclusionary logics. From Charles Murray to Javier Milei, Slobodian traces how key figures of the populist Right have extended neoliberal ideas into new, radical forms. The event will be introduced by Marie Laure Salles, Director of the Geneva Graduate Institute, and include a Q&A session.\r\n\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EIn English.\u003C\/strong\u003E","start_date":"2025-05-21","end_date":"2025-05-21","date":"Wednesday 21 May, 18:30","timings":[{"timing_start_date":"20250521T163000Z","timing_end_date":"20250521T180000Z"}]}