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In reply to the discussion: A little PSA about the term "Neoliberalism". [View all]applegrove
(118,489 posts)4. Then what George W. Bush practiced when he went into Iraq and thought he would free up capital and
create a boomtown with Walmarts everywhere was neoliberalism, as well as neoconservatism. The point being liberals want trade and reasonable regulation. Neoliberals do not want reasonable regulation. They want to privatize everything and unleash captial with no regulations. It causes massive inequality and huge busts which is leading to instability around the west the same way dictatorships are unstable. People have to have an iron in the fire to keep voting for trade and to be open. If there are winners and losers in trade, and there are, then there must be legislation that helps those that lose out like: good union legislation, reasonable taxes paid by the 'winners', and on and on. Liberalism is a good thing. Neoliberalism is not.
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Neo liberalism in the rest of the world is what neocons were to america. PNAC has closed up shop but
applegrove
Jun 2016
#1
Then what George W. Bush practiced when he went into Iraq and thought he would free up capital and
applegrove
Jun 2016
#4
HRC does not promote "Trickle Down Economics" nor "Thousand Points of Light"
emulatorloo
Jun 2016
#6
I don't much worry about what they are called. I will know them by their works. nt
silvershadow
Jun 2016
#5
Um, no. I just came off a two week time out, after which the whole dynamic of DU changed.
silvershadow
Jul 2016
#25
Yes, thank you, I am certainly fully aware of that. Civility does not include stifling
silvershadow
Jul 2016
#28