A highly topical work on choices, made by Europe’s leaders from the 1980s to today, that have sacrificed jobs in their countries.

A meticulous, well-documented investigation rich in firsthand testimonies from former ministers and IMF employees, presidential advisors, bankers, economists, lawyers, sociologists, and philosophers. Journalist Benoît Collombat investigates what brought about the dramatic change: how and why politicians "handed over the keys" of the world to leaders in economy and finance. This change rests on the ideological victory of neoliberalism, according to which the State’s role is to serve the market above all else.