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Good definition, but then you see people like Trump being called "Neoliberal" when he definitely didn't allow free trade and, in fact, implemented tariffs.

Trump's "America First" economic policy was the opposite of Neoliberalism.

You also get Democrats who signed on to stimulus packages (again, opposite of Neoliberal austerity) being called "Neoliberal" by their detractors.

As far as I can see, it's a snarl term.



Indeed. A much better figurehead would be Thatcher or Raegan.


Those were the spearheads, I would say. Trump represented more the "nationalism-but-profiting-from-globalizationism" type to me. There was certainly more protectionism in his policies than neoliberalism (originally) intended.


Politicians like Trump, Johnson and others to me are a symptom of the problems neoliberalism caused. If you de-industrialize your country and outsource workers class jobs to low-wage countries then you seed a majority of pissed off workers.

Calling Trump neoliberal is blatantly wrong from my pov. He's mainly a nationalist who is able to assemble the angry people (that have good reason to be angry) behind him and initiates culture wars.

All that is just driven by opportunistic politicians and megacorps who willingly bite the hand that feeds 'em: Without a halfway functional society there's no good business long term.




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