Recognizing (geographic) limits/alternatives to neoliberalism

Abstract

This commentary supports Weller and O’Neil’s plea for rigorous assessments of neoliberal policies that incorporate definitions of and recognition of alternative models and limits to neoliberalism. Their definition of neoliberalism is elaborated to refer to public goods, while suggestions for more explicit treatments of both markets and governments as institutions are made. An institutional stakeholder model is noted as a framework for analyzing the limits to neoliberalism that supplements the development state model outlined by the authors.