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Alex Himelfarb

Alex Himelfarb

Former Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage

Sep 11, 2026

5:55
What is neoliberalism?
5:58
So it started in the 40s with a group of people who, post-war and post-Depression, were very concerned about how social democracy managed capitalism was making advances throughout the West.
6:14
This was the period when just about every government was some version of social democracy or socialism.
6:21
This was the huge advance of the welfare state.
6:25
In the UK, following what was the Beveridge Report, they were building the welfare state, intensifying the welfare state.
6:34
In the US, it was the FDR New Deal.
6:38
intensified after the war, started before the war, but intensified after the war, building the power of the state and the welfare state.

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