<P> Stanley Fish argues that neoliberalization of academic life may promote a narrower and, in his opinion, more accurate definition of academic freedom "as the freedom to do the academic job, not the freedom to expand it to the point where its goals are infinite ." What Fish urges is "not an inability to take political stands, but a refraining from doing so in the name of academic responsibility ." </P> <P> Neoliberalism has received criticism both from the political left as well as the right, in addition to myriad activists and academics . </P> <P> Much of the literature in support of neoliberalism relies on the idea that neoliberal market logic improves a very narrow monetized conception of performance, which is not necessarily the best approach . This focus on economic efficiency can compromise other, perhaps more important factors . </P> <P> Anthropologist Mark Fleming argues that when the performance of a transit system is assessed purely in terms of economic efficiency, social goods, such as strong workers' rights, are considered impediments to maximum performance, which, given the monetization of time, means timely premium rapid networks . Using the case study of the San Francisco Muni, Fleming shows that neoliberal worldview has resulted in vicious attacks on the drivers' union, for example through the setting of impossible schedules so that drivers are necessarily late, and through brutal public smear campaigns . This ultimately resulted in the passing of Proposition G, which severely undermined the powers of the Muni drivers' union . Workers' rights are by no means the only victims of the neoliberal focus on economic efficiency: it is important to recognize that this vision and metric of performance judgment de-emphasizes literally every public good that is not conventionally monetized . For example, the geographers Birch and Siemiatycki contend that the growth of marketization ideology has shifted discourse such that it focuses on monetary rather than social objectives, making it harder to justify public goods driven by equity, environmental concerns and social justice . </P>

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