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Warpy

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11. It's actually a very useful term to descibe a set of policies.

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 07:51 PM

Jun 2016

Wikipedia has a pretty decent article on it, its history, the changes in the meaning of the word (which aren't as drastic as you might think), and why those policies have "liberalism" attached to them: it's liberalization of rules that constrain business, not liberalization of rules that constrain people, as in classical liberalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism should clear up some of the confusion.

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Neoliberalism [View all] matt819 Jun 2016 OP

Thank you for saying this... comradebillyboy Jun 2016 #1

It came from Chris Hedges. Mr. Pessimism Porn. DemFromPittsburgh Jun 2016 #2

Everyone is using that term? Rex Jun 2016 #3

Thank you! mcar Jun 2016 #4

Reading is fundamental portlander23 Jun 2016 #5

Yeah, yeah matt819 Jun 2016 #14

How about Neolution? n/t Yavin4 Jun 2016 #6

I AM the Liberal One. MohRokTah Jun 2016 #7

But are you the neoliberal one? Nt matt819 Jun 2016 #15

I've been called "Neo(liberal)" enough times on DU there can be no doubt. MohRokTah Jun 2016 #16

It says it all for me florida08 Jun 2016 #8

Exactly. The quote excerpt below came from that article. seabeckind Jun 2016 #10

+ 100 applegrove Jul 2016 #19

If someone knows what it means, can they use it? seabeckind Jun 2016 #9

It's actually a very useful term to descibe a set of policies. Warpy Jun 2016 #11

On the contrary, let's use it more often so that people know what it means JHB Jun 2016 #12

Can we use Reagonomics instead? Teamster Jeff Jun 2016 #13

I've been using that term here LWolf Jun 2016 #17

I have used the term neo-liberal for nearly a decade at DU as PP23 PufPuf23 Jun 2016 #18