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Sivad wrote:What in the hell does utilitarianism have to do with neoliberalism?


The question was about who started the "not considering social impact of liberalism/capitalism".

As to what relevance does it have to liberalism, it is pretty simple. It is one of the underlying theories of decision making within the system of liberalism and neoliberalism consequentially. Same thing goes actually for John Rawlses ideas. They have been implemented within the same neoliberal framework.
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I belong to the Tom Joad school of neoliberalism.

Whenever Hillary says single-payer will never ever happen, neoliberalism will be there.

Whenever a Thatcherite says there is no alternative, neoliberalism will be there.

Whenever a centrist Dad says I'm socially liberal but fiscally conservative, neoliberalism will be there.

Whenever a hedge fund manager sits on the board of the dncc, neoliberalism will be there.
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In the early 1970s, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared, "there is no alternative," to economic prescriptions to help liberalize the marketplace and expand trade. This approach came to be known as globalization. Rising to fill the vacancy left after 45 years of Keynesianism, it made many promises, which John Ralston Saul says, have all failed. He sits down with Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss his book, "The Collapse of Globalism and The Reinvention of the World."



What caused the economic crisis of 2008?Financial foul play? Bonus-blinded bankers? Unadulterated greed? According to John Ralston Saul, the financial crisis was a symptom of a much deeper problem. He sits down with Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss what he says are outdated ideas of growth and wealth creation.



Michael Hudson describes the history and content of neoliberal economic thought on the Renegade Podcast.

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Contrary to Popular Belief, IMF Continues to Push Neoliberalism on Countries' Agricultural Policies

Economics Prof. Lawrence King discusses the new PERI report on loan conditionalities that the IMF imposes when it provides loans and that interfere with food production and encroach on the sovereignty of states battling poverty.
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quetzalcoatl wrote:I belong to the Tom Joad school of neoliberalism.

Whenever Hillary says single-payer will never ever happen, neoliberalism will be there.

Whenever a Thatcherite says there is no alternative, neoliberalism will be there.

Whenever a centrist Dad says I'm socially liberal but fiscally conservative, neoliberalism will be there.

Whenever a hedge fund manager sits on the board of the dncc, neoliberalism will be there.


Is this supposed to be sung to the G.I. Joe theme song? G.I. JOE IS THERE! G.I. JOOOOOE!
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IMF is Back in Business in Latin America - Just as Neoliberal as Always

Following a prolonged loss of influence in Latin America in the first decade of the 2000's, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is back again, flexing its muscle in Argentina and Mexico, pushing the neoliberal Washington Consensus
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Lopez Obrador's Plans to Lead Mexico out of Neoliberalism Will Mean Crossing Swords with the US

We now have a politically experienced president in Mexico - gone are the days when Mexico kowtows to the US. This will mean a more sovereign economic and foreign policy, says Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental Institute for Social Research
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Bill Black analyzes Assistant Secretary of Treasury Brad DeLong statement that neo-liberals should get out of the way and let the left lead since coalition with Republicans did not work



A Clinton-era centrist Democrat explains why it’s time to give democratic socialists a chance
“The baton rightly passes to our colleagues on our left.”

DeLong, who served as deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy in the Clinton administration, who is one of the market-friendly, “neoliberal” Democrats who have dominated the party for the last 20 years. The term he uses for himself is “Rubin Democrat” — referring to followers of finance industry-friendly Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin.

Yet DeLong believes that the time of people like him running the Democratic Party has passed. “The baton rightly passes to our colleagues on our left,” DeLong wrote. “We are still here, but it is not our time to lead.”

It’s not often that someone in this policy debate — or, frankly, any policy debate — suggests that their side should lose. So I reached out to DeLong to dig into the reasons for his position: Why does he believe that neoliberals’ time in the sun has come to an end?

The core reason, DeLong argues, is political. The policies he supports depend on a responsible center-right partner to succeed. They’re premised on the understanding that at least a faction of the Republican Party would be willing to support market-friendly ideas like Obamacare or a cap-and-trade system for climate change. This is no longer the case, if it ever were.

“Barack Obama rolls into office with Mitt Romney’s health care policy, with John McCain’s climate policy, with Bill Clinton’s tax policy, and George H.W. Bush’s foreign policy,” DeLong notes. “And did George H.W. Bush, did Mitt Romney, did John McCain say a single good word about anything Barack Obama ever did over the course of eight solid years? No, they fucking did not.”
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