HEY! WHADDYA MEAN AN IPSWICH IQ?
neo-liberalism is a term that's used everyplace except the united states (go figure) to name the dominant economic ideology of the past 30 years or so. in the states, it remains dominant--so much so that it operates without a name---like a climate. it's hard to oppose what you cannot name, you see. the reasons for calling it neo-liberalis that is repeats both the market ideologies particular to "classical political economy"--those strange littel exercises in capitalist metaphysics from the 18th century that marx had so much fun dismantling--and elements of 19th century lilberalism (utilitarianism for example)...calling the whole thing "neo-classical" would have presented problems, but "neo-liberal" as a kind of ring to it.
except in the states, where market fundamentalist versions of neo-liberalism are like the weather.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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