In the UK, at least when I lived there, 'neoliberalism' wasn't just a vague term meant to cover whatever someone doesn't like (as it tends to be in the US). Harvey does a stellar job here of explaining what it means in the context of the past 50 years, how it was carefully constructed to rebuild elite class power in reaction to social democratic gains after WWII, and what the cost has been to the rest of the world.

Despite writing in 2005, Harvey essentially predicts the economic disaster of 2008, and he warns about the possible rise of authoritarian-leaning neoconservative populism in reaction to neoliberalism's failures. In the last chapter he looks at the various ways people have been fighting back; he has no real suggestion for getting so many different 'movements' coordinated enough to make a difference, but he does suggest that it would help if we all actually understood what was going on.