I see the word "neoliberalism" thrown around a lot, but I had to look up what it meant.
It appears that neoliberalism is the idea of less centralized economic control in governments, and a move away from welfare states.
Seems like neoliberalism is a coat of paint slapped over centralized economic control, but the overwhelming government control of the economy has gotten worse, not better over the past 100 years.
Right now, to earn a dollar I need to earn two dollars: One for me, one for the state (and two more for my son who will have to pay for the debt we racked up his entire life and will never pay down ourselves). That being the case, I can't agree that we're living under anything like less centralized economic control than 100 years ago. Both establishment political ideologies seem to occasionally talk about ideas like this, but then grow government. One side grows it by increasing debt, the other by increasing taxes.
It appears that neoliberalism is the idea of less centralized economic control in governments, and a move away from welfare states.
Seems like neoliberalism is a coat of paint slapped over centralized economic control, but the overwhelming government control of the economy has gotten worse, not better over the past 100 years.
Right now, to earn a dollar I need to earn two dollars: One for me, one for the state (and two more for my son who will have to pay for the debt we racked up his entire life and will never pay down ourselves). That being the case, I can't agree that we're living under anything like less centralized economic control than 100 years ago. Both establishment political ideologies seem to occasionally talk about ideas like this, but then grow government. One side grows it by increasing debt, the other by increasing taxes.
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