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The article is about how bad land and energy policies (essentially central planning)—dating from the post-war period—are holding back the British economy. Is th
by necubi 2y ago
The article is about how bad land and energy policies (essentially central planning)—dating from the post-war period—are holding back the British economy. Is that neoliberalism?
- PaulKeeble 2y agoIt is, neoliberalism has been about taking away all the state owned assets and putting everything the country needs into private hands. This is what has stalled the economy and its what is fuelling enormous inequality. Calling for ever more of it falls really flat now after 40 years of the same strategy making things worse for the average person.
- notahacker 2y agoIn fairness, whilst the article isn't without merit, it's authored by some of the only people in the UK that actually describe themselves as neoliberal. Which is why it's focusing on "green belt" planning policy and ignoring the fact that local government built 150k houses per annum back when we actually built enough houses, something which "neoliberal" policy introduced by Thatcher essentially made impossible, and why the article treats rail privatization as a success story rather than a service British citizens use in increasing numbers despite sky-high prices (and the government subsidising it more than when they owned it!) not least because markets have moved the jobs into London and the affordable housing out of London.
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- modo_mario 2y ago> ignoring the fact that local government built 150k houses per annum back when we actually built enough houses Well you had 728,000 people coming in last year. It'll have to be a bit more i fear.
- Nasrudith 2y agoNeoliberalism is basically the economic equivalent of "allelopathic medicine" - it is a word used mostly by kooks who are out of the mainstream for damned good reasons.