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They're scared shirtless of communism and statism, have recent enough memory of why, and went full sail on classical liberal economics. It worked.
by mothballed 5mo ago
They're scared shirtless of communism and statism, have recent enough memory of why, and went full sail on classical liberal economics. It worked.
- severino 5mo agoI'd also be a classical liberal if I were getting 1 out of 4 euros of the EU taxpayers.
- RhysU 5mo agoDoesn't check out. Not all recipients of US federal tax proceeds are classical liberal. It's a split.
- Vaslo 5mo agoThe rest of Europe would be also afraid if they didn’t have the nice cushy buffer of Ukraine and Poland to give them breathing room.
- keybored 5mo agoNorway, Finland, the Baltics. If you’re talking about Russia.
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- ks2048 5mo agoPositive actions cited in the article: "independent courts, an anti-monopoly agency to ensure fair competition, and strong regulation to keep troubled banks from choking off credit" While many in US say "liberal economics" means not interfering with businesses with regulations or anti-trust. I suppose people have different definitions of "classical liberal", "neo-liberal", etc.