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Idiotism examines the condition of society in late capitalism where the market logic of neoliberalism has become the new 'common sense', taken as the model for the organisation and management of all aspects of social life. Using the Greek word idios, meaning 'private', Neal Curtis calls this privatisation of the world 'idiotism'.Constructing a new vocabulary with which to understand contemporary society, Curtis examines 'idiotism' across the spheres of economics, politics and culture, drawing on the philosophy and political theories of Martin Heidegger, Louis Althusser, Franco Berardi, Jacques Ranciere and Cornelius Castoriadis. Idiotism recasts our conception of the new neoliberal 'common sense', presenting it as not simply a case of false consciousness, but an ontological problem related to our being-in-the-world.

Neoliberalism --- Capitalism --- Society. --- Social aspects. --- Capitalism. --- Privatization. --- Financial crises. --- Crashes, Financial --- Crises, Financial --- Financial crashes --- Financial panics --- Panics (Finance) --- Stock exchange crashes --- Stock market panics --- Crises --- Denationalization --- Privatisation --- Contracting out --- Corporatization --- Government ownership --- Market economy --- Economics --- Profit --- Capital --- Neo-liberalism --- Liberalism

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This book evaluates the successes, failures, and factors that influence the competition for public bus transport services. Using Germany as a case study, the author explains the dichotomous system of a market with licenses for commercial services, where operators are granted exclusivity, and licenses for non-commercial services, where supplementary direct subsidies are tendered out by public transport authorities. The empirical analysis is based on primary data usually not publicly available, and supplemented by numerous expert interviews. The book aims to provide a basic understanding of the players and their options, offer insights into the German model, and make policy recommendations for those whose goal is to increase competition.

Economics. --- Transportation -- Germany. --- Transportation and state -- Germany. --- Transportation --- Transportation and state --- Business & Economics --- Economic Theory --- Transportation Economics --- Privatization --- Urban transportation --- City transportation --- Metropolitan transportation --- Municipal transportation --- Transportation, Urban --- Denationalization --- Privatisation --- Industrial procurement. --- Economic policy. --- Law and economics. --- Economic Policy. --- Law and Economics. --- Procurement. --- Economics and jurisprudence --- Economics and law --- Jurisprudence and economics --- Economics --- Jurisprudence --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Buyer-supplier relations --- Buying, Industrial --- Industrial buying --- Industrial equipment --- Industrial purchasing --- Procurement, Industrial --- Purchasing, Industrial --- Supplier-buyer relations --- Industrial management --- Purchasing --- City planning --- Urban policy --- Contracting out --- Corporatization --- Government ownership