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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:37 AM Original message |
Who are the neoliberals? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's more commonly use for supporters of free trade |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 07:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Yes - the term wasn't widely used in the U.S. |
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neoblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Neoliberal |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Hi neoblues!! |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 08:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. And that's a good example of who specifically is a neoliberal: |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. The IMF is archetypal neoliberal. The World Bank actually has a mission to |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. But Stiglitz was forced out after he criticised the Bank too much |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I think it's fair to say the IMF (& Treasury Dep't) are archetypal neo-lib |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. i guess they're liberals who've been mugged |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 07:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. No - it came from the economics term "liberal" which means "free trade" |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. it's kindergarten retribution for "neocon" |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 07:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I think it was used many years before neocon |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 07:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Neoliberal is MUCH older than neoconservative... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 07:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Google usenet search |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Usenet started in 1985? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. "Usenet was a system started in 1980 ..." |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. What does OED say about the etymology? |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 07:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Maybe it is, but |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 07:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. No. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. No it's not. It's a term used by progressives and it has been around for |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. Look at this explanation: |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. neoliberals are liberals who support RW trade policies |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Not exaclty. "Liberal" in 'neoliberal' describes attitude towards trade |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Politics governs trade policies. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. "liberal" in neoliberal modifies "one's attitude toward trade regulation" |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. But if you have liberal attitudes toward sex, |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Ask the lobbyists who frequented Abramoff's (alleged) brothel. |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. The "Neo-Liberals" are the "Neo-Cons" of the Democratic Party... |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. No they're not. See the other posts in this thread. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
16. Market fundamentalist free-traders; here is its 10-point program: |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. Another word for Neo-Liberal |
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