A Deal They Can’t Resist: Adaptive Accumulation and American Public Policy (Issn, 7)

This work argues that a component part of US neoliberalism involves __adaptive accumulation__, a process in which capital seeks to enlarge public programs, as a means to reroute public revenues into private revenue streams. Along the way, corporations project quasi-public aspirations as a central part of their commercial mission, as the state carves out new – or expands old – areas of accumulative growth for corporate America. * Interrogates depiction of US political economy as Anglo-American and ‘hyper-liberal’ * Enhances understanding of variations within neoliberal political economy * Bridges sectors of public policy, demonstrates continuity in state and corporate behavior Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Adaptive Accumulation: Public Objectives, Private Revenues Chapter 3: The Military and Adaptive Accumulation Chapter 4: Health, Healthcare, and Adaptive Accumulation Chapter 5: Education Reform and Adaptive Accumulation Chapter 6: Incarceration, Detention, and Adaptive Accumulation Chapter 7: Conclusion—Moving Forward in America References Index