At 06:59 AM 4/25/97 PDT, Laura Simson wrote:
>>
>>At 07:47 AM 4/25/97 -0600, Brian O. wrote:
>>
>>>        Basically, if anyone can help me out, what I want to know is: 1)
What
>>>is a good definition of "neoliberalism"? and 2) How is this term related
>>>to "liberalism" or liberal policy????
>>>        Thanks for your help everyone.
>>
>>Brian, "neoliberalism" is synonymous with "libertarian," especially with
>>regard to the commitment to an unconstrained market.
>
>Thanks for the response and clarification.
>
>Neoliberalism, then, sounds suspiciously like anarcho-capitalism, "the
freedom
>to do what you want with your property and engage in free contract with
others,"
>[Tom Lane] to which Chomsky has posited: "Anarcho-capitalism, in my
opinion, is
>a doctrinal system which, if ever implemented, would lead to forms of tyranny
>and oppression that have few counterparts in human history.... The idea of
'free
>contract' between the potentate and his starving subject is a sick joke...."
>[quoted from a 1996 interview with Tom Lane, ZNet archives]

I think that's accurate.

"Neoliberalism" is used outside the U.S., where it's less likely to be
confused with the liberal=left connotation.


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