Stephen McBride is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Globalization in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University. Research interests include the various crises of liberal democracy, the political economy of austerity, and the future of the public sector. Books include Varieties of Austerity 2021 ,co-authored with Heather Whiteside and Bryan Evans; and Working? Employment Policy in Canada 2017.His latest book is Escaping Dystopia: Rebuilding A Public Domain published by Bristol University Policy Press in 2022 (https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/escaping-dystopia).