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Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism is a political and economic ideology that advocates for free-market capitalism, and that became dominant in policy-making from the late 20th century onward. The term has multiple, competing definitions, and is most often used pejoratively.

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Post–World War II neoliberal currents

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Neoliberalism

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related to External links · 48
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related to United States · 47
Neoliberalism → Academia, Accuracy, Agriculture, American, American Enterprise Institute, Arthur Schlesinger, Atari Democrats, Bill Bradley, Bill Clinton, Brookings Institution, Bruce Babbitt, Business Roundtable, Cato Institute, Chamber, Charles Peters, Citizens, Commerce, Council, David Harvey, Departments
related to Origins · 34
Neoliberalism → According, Alexander Rüstow, Alfred Müller-Armack, Although Hayek, An, As, Charles Gide, Chicago Boys, Chile, Colloque Walter Lippmann, English, English-language, French, Friedrich Hayek, German, In, It, Italian, Louis Rougier, Ludwig
related to Imperialism · 30
Neoliberalism → As, Blakeley, Chief Economist, Cold War, Communist Party, Economist Joseph Stiglitz, For, Geographer David Harvey, He, Historian Bradley, IMF, Indonesia, Indonesian Army, Indonesians, International Monetary Fund, International Relations, Politics, Professor, Ruth, Sheffield
related to Walter Lippmann Colloquium · 27
Neoliberalism → Alexander Rüstow, An Inquiry, August, Centre International, Colloquium, French, Friedrich Hayek, Good Society, Great Depression, Hayek, Libéralisme, Lippmann, Lippmann's, Louis Rougier, Ludwig, Meeting, Mises, Paris, Principles, Rénovation
related to Criticism · 26
Neoliberalism → Amartya Sen, ATTAC, Belgian, Billy Bragg, British, Catholic Church Pope Francis, Chris Hedges, Cornel West, David Harvey, George Monbiot, Great Recession, Ha-Joon Chang, Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Hudson, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Notable, Paul Verhaeghe, Richard, Robert Pollin
related to Inequality · 19
Neoliberalism → CEPR, Critics, David Howell, Dean Baker, Economic, Even, IMF, In, In Venezuela, International Monetary Fund, Mamadou Diallo, OECD, Policy Research's, Sweden, The, The Center, United States, Venezuelan, While
related to Online lectures · 18
Neoliberalism → An Accounting, April, Berlin Wall Was, Chicago, Communism, Crisis Should Be, David Harvey, Democracy Now, Massachusetts Amherst, Naomi Klein, Neo-Liberalism, Neoliberalism What Fall, Noam Chomsky, October, The Neoliberal City, University, University Channel, Wall St
related to Mass incarceration · 16
Neoliberalism → According, Both, By, Campbell, Dartmouth College, David Harvey, He, In, John, Marxist, Several, Sociologist Loïc Wacquant, United States, US, Wacquant, Wacquant's
related to Chicago School · 15
Neoliberalism → Although, Austrian, Chicago, Friedrich Hayek, Gary Becker, George Stigler, In, Keynesianism, Mark Skousen, Milton Friedman, Ronald Coase, The, The Chicago, University, Vienna

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Neoliberalismis apolitical and economic ideology that advocates for free-market capitalism0.90text
Neoliberalismis apolitical philosophy that seeks to0.90text
Neoliberalismis alegitimate term0.90text
Neoliberalismis asupport of free trade0.90text
Neoliberalismis asystem that socializes costs and privatizes profits0.90text
Margaret Thatcherinstance ofalong with politicians and policy-makers0.80text
Ronald Reaganinstance ofalong with politicians and policy-makers0.80text
and Alan Greenspaninstance ofalong with politicians and policy-makers0.80text
Walter Euckeninstance ofMost scholars in the 1950s and 1960s understood neoliberalism as referring to the social market economy and its principal economic theorists0.80text
Wilhelm Röpkeinstance ofMost scholars in the 1950s and 1960s understood neoliberalism as referring to the social market economy and its principal economic theorists0.80text
Alexander Rüstowinstance ofMost scholars in the 1950s and 1960s understood neoliberalism as referring to the social market economy and its principal economic theorists0.80text
and Alfred Müller-Armackinstance ofMost scholars in the 1950s and 1960s understood neoliberalism as referring to the social market economy and its principal economic theorists0.80text

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