The Invisible Doctrine

Author George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison
Narrator George Monbiot
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Run Time 4 hours and 29 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Business and Management, Capitalism, Economic history, Political economy, Politics and government, Privatization, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Society and Social Sciences.

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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

Critics Review

Explosive and beautifully told … these truths can set us free

Danny Dorling

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

Kevin Anderson

Incisive, illuminating, eye-opening—an unsparing anatomy of the great ideological beast stalking our times

David Wallace-Wells

The Invisible Doctrine is everything you need. Monbiot and Hutchinson have written the definitive short history of the neoliberal confidence trick

Yanis Varoufakis

Mrs Thatcher was wrong: there is an alternative. Read this book and rebel

Guy Shrubsole

Read it, get angry, demand better!

Gaia Vince

Vital, vivid, compelling. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how dark money and hidden influence have taken over politics – and the world

Peter Geoghegan

An urgent unmasking of some of the most powerful and insidious yet overlooked ideas of our era

Olúfemi O. Táíwò

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

Caroline Lucas

This is the book we have been waiting for. Read it, discuss it with your friends, and join the resistance!

Ingrid Robeyns

User Reviews

Book 5.0

Narration 5.0

5.0

A concise and helpful summary of the u201cinvisible doctrineu201d of neo liberalism, and the resource theft and lies that lead us towards societal hopelessness and cynicism. The book is concluded with some positive suggestions, drawn from history, as to how powerful people-led movements can be created to expose the falsehoods being fed to us by the usurpers of our citizens rights.

robinh 06/06/2024

5.0

hazeldc 26/12/2024

5.0

An excellent, thought provoking narrative on how neoliberalism has shaped our world, and how we might think about systems differently. Accessible, not too dense so easy for non academics/ specialists to understand!

cathconway 18/01/2025

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