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You have to read the whole article to gain a true understanding and nuance of what he's talking about (there's a lot of it). The short, blunt take is that the right had neoliberalism ready in the 70s when Keynesianism fell over, but left didn't have anything at all ready when neoliberalism fell over in 2008.
"Attempts to limit competition are treated as inimical to liberty. Tax and regulation should be minimised, public services should be privatised. The organisation of labour and collective bargaining by trade unions are portrayed as market distortions that impede the formation of a natural hierarchy of winners and losers. Inequality is recast as virtuous: a reward for utility and a generator of wealth, which trickles down to enrich everyone. Efforts to create a more equal society are both counterproductive and morally corrosive. The market ensures that everyone gets what they deserve."
How is this a problem of the left when it's also the agenda of the right?? The only difference is the left pretends to care more about social issues. And far left candidates like Bernie oppose most of these ideologies, so I still don't get how it's a "left" problem.