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45. 'Oh whoops, you said no names'--> i should have clarified, I meant no politician names

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:27 PM

Jul 2015

academic s such as friedman are just fine, as they are directly connected to 'schools of thought'

i just wanted this to be more a definition of terms thread rather than a 'your candidates is a this or that' thread

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What does the term 'Neoliberal' mean to you? [View all] HFRN Jul 2015 OP

Unfettered, unregulated, laissez-faire economics. PotatoChip Jul 2015 #1

This ^^^^, to the letter. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2015 #2

And why isn't that conservative? brooklynite Jul 2015 #29

Neo-liberal = neo-conservative. Betty Karlson Jul 2015 #30

Who said it isn't conservative? PotatoChip Jul 2015 #36

Do you know the history of the term? It doesn't mean "liberal".., JHB Jul 2015 #44

^^Yes HFRN Jul 2015 #46

Potato Chip has it right. n/t TexasProgresive Jul 2015 #3

I'll let this picture explain what it means to me ram2008 Jul 2015 #4

I would consider him a neocon. MelungeonWoman Jul 2015 #5

No. Neocons are "neo" (new) about their "con" (conservative) positions tblue37 Jul 2015 #14

Privatization, deregulation, tax cuts and austerity. n/t pampango Jul 2015 #6

An economic theory originating from "Chicago school" economists. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #7

Someday, assuming that our species survives the next century, hifiguy Jul 2015 #20

The Neo-liberal human laboratory for Chicago School economics was post-coup Chile. leveymg Jul 2015 #27

Yes. A friend of mine was a student of Victor Jara's. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #28

Here's Springstein's opus to Victor Jara, singing "Manifesto" (2013) leveymg Jul 2015 #33

Yep. hifiguy Jul 2015 #41

Derisive term for Democrats that think differently. Hoyt Jul 2015 #8

Bill Clinton was mostly neo-liberal. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #12

"Mostly????" hifiguy Jul 2015 #19

How so? He doesn't believe in "unfettered, unregulated" capitalism. pnwmom Jul 2015 #37

Agreed. Obama is not a Laissez-Fairist. Even a fair amount of Republicans aren't Laissez-Fairists nt stevenleser Jul 2015 #55

+1 LordGlenconner Jul 2015 #24

Correction-- for Democrats who think *like Ronald Reagan*. Marr Jul 2015 #54

Neocon, neoliberal, two different names for the same kind of crap. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #9

Here: HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #10

In a nutshell... Zorra Jul 2015 #11

Neoliberal was the first caveman to paint a donkey on a cave wall... Freelancer Jul 2015 #13

Neoliberalism as a puzzle: the useless global unity which fragments and destroys nations Zorra Jul 2015 #15

To keep it short: DFW Jul 2015 #16

Economic feudalism married to high-tech surveillance state fascism. hifiguy Jul 2015 #17

Dumb ass belligerent policy in international affairs. bemildred Jul 2015 #18

Someone who overtly supports Social Justice issues... MicaelS Jul 2015 #21

I see what you did there. hifiguy Jul 2015 #23

I am a Progressive, I wont use the liberal word to describe myself StopTheNeoCons Jul 2015 #22

So, to you, the word liberal is stigma -- 'the L word'? I don't get that at all. Freelancer Jul 2015 #34

University of Chicago School of Economics bringing democracy to Chile by overthrowing its democracy. Octafish Jul 2015 #25

The current front runner in the Dem Race. Katashi_itto Jul 2015 #26

She isn't neoliberal. She doesn't believe in "unfettered, unregulated" capitalism. pnwmom Jul 2015 #38

"Republican." CharlotteVale Jul 2015 #31

What's next? Neosocialist for those who aren't Puritopians redstateblues Jul 2015 #32

Conservatives who advertise themselves as "not as bad" as Republicans. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2015 #35

Free trade liberals nt arely staircase Jul 2015 #39

So FDR and JFK liberals? Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #42

Milton Friedman, laissez-faire economics, etc. gollygee Jul 2015 #40

'Oh whoops, you said no names'--> i should have clarified, I meant no politician names HFRN Jul 2015 #45

A bullshit term invented because NeoCons didn't like being called names. Atman Jul 2015 #43

I think the term might have started in the UK gollygee Jul 2015 #47

Corporatism Puzzledtraveller Jul 2015 #48

Hypocritical overly sensitive version of a liberal romanic Jul 2015 #49

I don't think I'd include "warmonger" here eridani Jul 2015 #50

to me a neoliberal restorefreedom Jul 2015 #51

DLC Democrat. roamer65 Jul 2015 #52

The DLC folded their tent years ago. That meme is getting lame. MADem Jul 2015 #58

It has nothing to do with Republicans or Democrats. Marr Jul 2015 #53

Corporate jerk offs Populist_Prole Jul 2015 #56

"Stick 'em up, sucker!" Warpy Jul 2015 #57