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I've always used 'liberal' in the socially liberal sense (I'm from the UK). Here we tend to use 'neo-liberal' to describe the laissez-faire attitude towards ec
by ionised 10y ago
I've always used 'liberal' in the socially liberal sense (I'm from the UK).
Here we tend to use 'neo-liberal' to describe the laissez-faire attitude towards economics.
- eivarv 10y agoIf so, the UK is different from mainland Europe in this regard. I do find it peculiar, though, that "neo-liberalism" is of a different form than "liberalism", and hence not really "new liberalism":P
- tehwalrus 10y agoIf anything, it's very old Liberalism. Way back when, (Whigs and Tories era), the "Liberals" we're the ones arguing for free markets as opposed to Feudalism. This is where attachment of the word "Liberal" to free market-ists originates, I think.