I'm afraid that your Wiki characterization of neoliberalsim is pretty bad. Perhaps you should read David Harvey's A Brief History of Neoliberalsim -- it is a Marxist perspective but no worse for that, or Whyte and Wiegrantz's Neoliberalsim and the Moral Economy of Fraud. There are a large number of books on neoliberalsim. To be strict, neoliberalsim should be distinguished from neoclassical economics, which is a kind of intellectual cousin. Neoliberalism is fundamentally a political philosophy while neoclassical economics restricts itself, as the term suggests, to economics, strictly speaking, to macroeconomics, that is, the economics of the nation-state.
Rosenhead,J <[log in to unmask]> wrote :
> One simple definition: "Neoliberalism is a policy model of social studies and
> economics that transfers control of economic factors to the private sector from
> the public sector".
>
> This is not my field, and seemingly not yours either, so a visit to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism may shed some
> light
> Jonathan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: email list for Radical Statistics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of John Whittington
> Sent: 29 June 2016 21:04
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Translation of neo-liberalism
>
> At 19:56 29/06/2016 +0000, Wells, Julian wrote:
> >Privatisation, marketisation (health, education); financialisation
> >(another word that needs translation, but basically extending direct
> >power over different spheres of life to the finance industry think PFI
> >hospitals); attacks on employment and trade unions rights; secret deals
> >to let companies sue governments over policies they don t like (TIPP) & etc.,
> etc.
>
> Thanks - but what is 'liberal' (or 'new liberal') about all that?
>
> Kind Regards,
>
>
> John
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr John Whittington, Voice: +44 (0) 1296 730225
> Mediscience Services Fax: +44 (0) 1296 738893
> Twyford Manor, Twyford, E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> Buckingham MK18 4EL, UK
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ******************************************************
> Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to
> the sender of this message.
> If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button
> to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask]
> Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and
> cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers
> to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and
> its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you
> are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk.
> *******************************************************
>
> ******************************************************
> Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your
> message will go only to the sender of this message.
> If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's
> 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically
> to [log in to unmask]
> Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and
> cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers
> to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and
> its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you
> are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk.
> *******************************************************
******************************************************
Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your
message will go only to the sender of this message.
If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's
'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically
to [log in to unmask]
Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk.
*******************************************************
|