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Rowan survives a house-fire and noxious fumes to join Warren and Raj this week for the grand finale of 'A Brief History of Neoliberalism'. Last week we discussed how the political left embraced neoliberalism, through the Third Way politics of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. This week we look at the rest of the industrialised world, discuss the 2008 financial crisis, and reveal how neoliberalism has taken the opportunity to double-down since the Great Recession. Will it be this way forever? What can we do to change things? You'll have to tune in to find out... Check out Part 1 (Intro & Pre-Neoliberalsim): goo.gl/KVF32q Check out Part 2 (Neoliberal Theorists): goo.gl/ta4Bk8 Check out Part 3 (Thatcher & Reagan): goo.gl/3a67ys Check out Part 4 (Clinton & Blair): goo.gl/YV2yxi ___ We finish up the pod discussing a recently leaked government document highlighting opportunities to strip back worker's rights after Brexit - under the guise of "maximising regulatory opportunities". The Government repeatedly claim that leaving the EU will not be an opportunity to burn regulations and protections... for some reason we don't believe them. More on that here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-worker-rights-impact-assessment-eu-withdrawal-leaked-theresa-may-a8201176.html ___ Like what you hear? Support us by... Following on Soundcloud! Subscribing and Reviewing on ITunes – itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/connected-disaffected/ Following on Twitter – twitter.com/CandDPodcast Following on FB – www.facebook.com/connectedanddisaffected/ Email your comments and ideas - connectedanddisaffected@gmail.com