The State, Public Pedagogy and Learning
Friday 08 October 2010
by: Peter Mayo, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
(Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: Yuba College Public Space,superkimbo in BKK)
Neoliberalism has wrought havoc in different areas of social life, not the least of which in health and education. One of the greatest myths promoted by neoliberals is that the nation state is not and should no longer be the main force in those domains - that everything should be left to the market. Health care education; infrastructure (financial and legal, as well as physical); the environment are no longer public goods in this worldview, but rather commodities to be bought and sold. Deregulation has been used to expedite this process and, yet, the credit crunch revealed the hypocrisy and impossibility of such a strategy when