Based on a book coauthored with Chris Howell (“Trajectories of Neoliberal Transformation”, Cambridge University Press, 2017), this presentation will document the liberalization that has characterized industrial relations since the late 1970s. The presentation will combine quantitative evidence for 15 OECD countries with in-depth case studies of Germany, Italy, France, Sweden, and the UK. In the presentation, particular attention will be devoted to the German case.