What is neoliberalism? Several good attempts by various writers to define it.

[Baobab]

http://www.globalexchange.org/resources/econ101/neoliberalismdefined

https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/neoliberalism-the-economic-model-origins-theory-definition-2005/

[highprincipleswork]

1. Obviously a kind of "Liberalism" we cannot afford. What was so wrong about Keynes?

[brush]

2. Just another word for "austerity" that's ruining Spain and Greece.

[Rebkeh]

3. There's a good video somewhere deep in DU multimedia/video nt

[Todays_Illusion]

4. They are the decietful name for the Democratic third way libertarians. nt

Chuck this name, call the libertarians what they are.

[Baobab]

6. I thik neoliberalism is a better name because its the global name

They are the ones who want to play all the groups off against one another to, agaist all odds, hijack democracy and privatize the planet, even as jobs are going away. The worst possible approach to the changes.

[seabeckind]

7. Doesn't leave such a nasty connotation

not at all like:

reaganomics

trickledown

libertarian

Best way to continue a failing policy that was obviously going fail is to just change the name and pretend it's something else.

Third Way sounds so much better than DLC.

Foreign Policy Initiative is better than PNAC.

Oh, I forgot to add -- Globalism sounds so much nicer than outsourcing.

[Baobab]

9. Globalization isnt a good name either because it implies THAT is globalization

and it isn't.

The neoliberalism we are seeing is based on a bunch of lies.

One is that the private healthcare and privatizing education systems in the US (since they are the models being pushed on the rest of the world) are "successful" when they are not.

Another big lie is that the US has labor shortages in areas like healthcare, education and information technology. That isn't true.

[Todays_Illusion]

8. That is what I say.

[bemildred]

5. The same old rackets with a new name. nt