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The Invisible Doctrine

The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)
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Length 4 hours 29 minutes
Language English
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We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our relationships and our mental wellbeing; even the planet we inhabit – the very air we breathe. So pervasive has it become that, for most people, it has no name. It seems unavoidable, like a natural law.

But trace it back to its roots, and we discover that it is neither inevitable nor immutable. It was conceived, propagated, and then concealed by the powerful few. It is time to bring it into the light - and, in doing so, to find an alternative worth fighting for.

Neoliberalism. Do you know what it is?

BASED ON A MAJOR MOTION FILM TO BE RELEASED IN 2024

©2024 George Monbiot & Peter Hutchison (P)2024 Penguin Audio

George Monbiot (Author)
George Monbiot is an author, Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner. His best-selling books include Feral: Rewilding the Land, Sea and Human Life and Heat: How We Can Stop the Planet Burning; his latest is Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet.

George cowrote the concept album Breaking the Spell of Loneliness with musician Ewan McLennan, and has made a number of viral videos. One of them, adapted from his 2013 TED talk, How Wolves Change Rivers, has been viewed on YouTube over 40 million times. Another, on Natural Climate Solutions, which he co-presented with Greta Thunberg, has been watched over 60 million times.

Peter Hutchison (Author)
Peter Hutchison is a critically acclaimed filmmaker, NY Times bestselling author, educator and activist.

He directed & produced Requiem for the American Dream: ft. Noam Chomsky (2105) – an exploration of wealth inequity in America. A NY Times Critics Pick and #1-selling doc on iTunes, the bestselling companion book has been translated into 2-dozen languages (Seven Stories Press).

His award-winning films include: Healing From Hate (2020), Devil Put the Coal in the Ground (2022), and The Cure For Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz (2023).

George Monbiot (Author)
George Monbiot is an author, Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner. His best-selling books include Feral: Rewilding the Land, Sea and Human Life and Heat: How We Can Stop the Planet Burning; his latest is Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet.

George cowrote the concept album Breaking the Spell of Loneliness with musician Ewan McLennan, and has made a number of viral videos. One of them, adapted from his 2013 TED talk, How Wolves Change Rivers, has been viewed on YouTube over 40 million times. Another, on Natural Climate Solutions, which he co-presented with Greta Thunberg, has been watched over 60 million times.

Peter Hutchison (Author)
Peter Hutchison is a critically acclaimed filmmaker, NY Times bestselling author, educator and activist.

He directed & produced Requiem for the American Dream: ft. Noam Chomsky (2105) – an exploration of wealth inequity in America. A NY Times Critics Pick and #1-selling doc on iTunes, the bestselling companion book has been translated into 2-dozen languages (Seven Stories Press).

His award-winning films include: Healing From Hate (2020), Devil Put the Coal in the Ground (2022), and The Cure For Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz (2023).

George Monbiot (Author)
George Monbiot is an author, Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner. His best-selling books include Feral: Rewilding the Land, Sea and Human Life and Heat: How We Can Stop the Planet Burning; his latest is Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet.

George cowrote the concept album Breaking the Spell of Loneliness with musician Ewan McLennan, and has made a number of viral videos. One of them, adapted from his 2013 TED talk, How Wolves Change Rivers, has been viewed on YouTube over 40 million times. Another, on Natural Climate Solutions, which he co-presented with Greta Thunberg, has been watched over 60 million times.

Peter Hutchison (Author)
Peter Hutchison is a critically acclaimed filmmaker, NY Times bestselling author, educator and activist.

He directed & produced Requiem for the American Dream: ft. Noam Chomsky (2105) – an exploration of wealth inequity in America. A NY Times Critics Pick and #1-selling doc on iTunes, the bestselling companion book has been translated into 2-dozen languages (Seven Stories Press).

His award-winning films include: Healing From Hate (2020), Devil Put the Coal in the Ground (2022), and The Cure For Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz (2023).

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Reviews

Explosive and beautifully told … these truths can set us free This brave book borders on being a page turner … ‘The Secret History of Neoliberalism’ is really the ultimate crime novel, one in which we all play a part Incisive, illuminating, eye-opening—an unsparing anatomy of the great ideological beast stalking our times The Invisible Doctrine is everything you need. Monbiot and Hutchinson have written the definitive short history of the neoliberal confidence trick Mrs Thatcher was wrong: there is an alternative. Read this book and rebel Read it, get angry, demand better! Vital, vivid, compelling. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how dark money and hidden influence have taken over politics - and the world An urgent unmasking of some of the most powerful and insidious yet overlooked ideas of our era This book is dynamite – shining a spotlight on the evils of neoliberalism, shattering the myth that ‘there is no alternative’, and laying the foundations for a new politics This is the book we have been waiting for. Read it, discuss it with your friends, and join the resistance! Compelling ... Monbiot and Hutchison shine a bright spotlight on the ideology that governs our lives A gem of a book A powerful, punchy exposé of the invisible powers that block the road to human and planetary well-being - a must-read Powerfully sharp analysis of the most dangerous economic system on the planet An essential and urgent book that exposes and eviscerates neoliberalism's gruesome creeds with crystal-clear and vital prose. Monbiot and Hutchison have written an accessible, smart, fascinating and readable book which explains the mess we're in, removes the scales from our eyes, and, crucially, shows that an alternative world is possible At a time when the arguments for neoliberalism appear to be taking hold again, in this timely book the authors explain, expose and soundly demolish the concept and its practice with an intellectual vengeance Expand reviews