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
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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
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