How did American and British policymakers become so enamoured with free markets, deregulation, and limited government? Daniel Stedman Jones argues the Neoliberal breakthrough was contingent on the economic crises of the 1970s and the acceptance of the need for new policies by the political left. This is an event for anyone who wants to understand the history behind the Anglo-American love affair with the free market, as well as the origins of the current economic crisis.