On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > I don' see why "Neoliberalism" is not itself best. A popular book should > expand the ability of its readers to respond to current topics as > currently discussed on TV & newspapers, and neoliberalism is often used > there. Moreover, introducing the term could be the occasion for one or > two pages of significant history: what "liberalism" meant in the 19th > century (a couple different but related things), what it came to mean > during the New Deal, and how Neoliberaliwsm harked back to a > particularly vicious form of liberalism early in the century (which > would get you to Calvin Coolidge, and off you go.
one advantage of "Calvin Coolidge Capitalism" is that it has a frisson of humor. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
