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Martin68

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3. After reading the article at the link it seems a number of very different ideologies and
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 04:21 PM
Jul 2022

economic theories are being lumped together under the boogyman rubric of "neoliberalism." It lumps socialism, fascism, capitalism, and numerous other isms under one term. The idea that whatever this term (which is reputed to be "well-funded" according to the article) means is responsible for all the world's ills strikes me as a conspiracy theory similar to the ones that blame the Rothschilds and some ruthless Jewish secret group are responsible for all wars, depressions, pandemics, etc. I would suggest that the term is so vague that it is meaningless at this point, whatever it may have meant in the 1930s.

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