GEORGE - "A SHORT HISTORY OF NEO-LIBRARIANISM" Flashcards

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Keynesian Economics

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After WW2

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Karl Polyani quote

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“allowing the market mechanism to be sole director of the fate of human beings and hteir natural environment…would result in the demolition of society.”

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3
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Friedrich …

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von Hayek (Uof Chicago)

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4
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Who was student of Hayek?

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Margaret Thatcher

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5
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German PM taxed corporations, therefore …

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he was called an “unreformed Keynesian”

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6
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alliance capitalism among the transnational corporations MEANS

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competition for the CLASSES

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7
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Privatization -

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co-opting the work of many for the benefit of the few

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8
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3 points of focus of Neo-Lib, globally speaking

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  1. free trade in goods and services 2. free circulation of capital 3. freedom of investment
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