This book examines the rise and diffusion of free-market thinking, from the early 20th Century through to the age of Obama. It tracks the ascendency of neoliberalism, its key players, and decisive moments of reconstruction, including the Chicago School of Economics, New York City's bankruptcy, Hurricane Katrina, and the Wall Street crisis of 2008.

• 1: Relocating Neoliberalism


• 2: Rebooting Freedom


• 3: Finding the Chicago School


• 4: Between Gotham and the Gulf


• 5: Creative Liberties


• 6: Decoding Obamanomics

Jamie Peck holds the Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy at the University of British Columbia, where he is a Professor of Geography.