Nathan, thank you very much. Classical liberals were skeptical about big government. Neoliberalism has no problem with their version of big government – militarism, mass incarceration, domestic surveillance ….. In short, neoliberals are closer to Hillary than classical liberals.
Rand Paul is not a neoliberal. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Mperelman at csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901 www.michaelperelman.wordpress.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of nathan tankus Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 5:45 PM To: pen-l <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Pen-l] A Mini-Dictionary of Neoliberalism? I should say that having read Invention of Capitalism I see one potential difference between you and Mirowski. Namely Mirowski take's Neoliberals at face value when they distinguish themselves (and set themselves in opposition to) classical liberalism. I think you would see the practical political project of neoliberals as similar to the practical political project of actually existing classical liberals in the 18th and early 19th century. I still think there are doctrinaire differences between classical liberalism and neoliberalism but this is definitely an avenue for exploration. -- -Nathan Tankus -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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