traces of neoliberalism found in the wire
In the post-industrial city such as Baltimore, people have been made redundant. As we have seen in ITS POLICIES page, numerous neoliberal policies and principles have furthered their struggle to make themselves productive in a society that seems to hold no future for them. For example, in the second season, The Wire portrays the dock where union workers are doing all they can do to make themselves heard in an environment so hostile to unions and manual laborers. Although not as obvious as in the case of the second season, implications of neoliberal policies are generally all over The Wire. Discover a few of them by clicking the buttons below.