isn't quite pure enough for the extreme left? I hadn't see that word used until this election cycle. Neoliberal is about as empty a term as establishment oligarch any more. Lefties use of neoliberal reminds me of how righties use the term sjw.

The very antithesis of liberal.

Calling Zakaria "neoliberal" is also wildly inaccurate. He's brilliant, which right there rules out the limited functioning of neoliberals, and extremely well regarded experts in many fields. He was raised in a liberal Muslim home but does not ascribe to any religion now and describes himself as a political centrist. I have him tentatively pegged as overall trending moderate conservative economically and moderate liberal socially.

Does this sound like an ultraconservative "neoliberal" who believes in monetizing human worth?

is a term that is interchangeable with neoconservatives depending on the country.

who papers over their advocacy for stealing from poor-through-middle class people -- via the financial industry controlling government economic policy -- as a way of "helping" society. Public, taxpayer-paid services become privately-owned, taxpayer subsidized enterprises, with profits going to private owners. Labor markets are opened up and expanded so that wages are depressed and benefits reduced/eliminated for the average human being.

Neoliberals are flunkies, toadies, shills, lapdogs, and suck-ups to the 1%. They are right-wingers who want people to think they are liberals.

I hope that clarifies things for you.

"Greed", "avarice", and "dishonesty" do, however.

How does one suck up to the one percent, by the way? And why on earth would a right winger want to pretend to be a liberal. This makes no sense.

Neoliberalism: Neoliberalism (or sometimes neo-liberalism) is a term which has been used since 1938, but became more prevalent in its current meaning in the 1970s and '80s by scholars in a wide variety of social sciences and critics primarily in reference to the resurgence of 19th century ideas associated with laissez-faire economic liberalism. Its advocates avoid the term "neoliberal"; they support extensive economic liberalization policies such as privatization, fiscal austerity, deregulation, free trade, and reductions in government spending in order to enhance the role of the private sector in the economy. The implementation of neoliberal policies and the acceptance of neoliberal economic theories in the 1970s are seen by some academics as the root of financialization, with the financial crisis of 2007–08 as one of the ultimate results.

Neoconservatism: Neoconservatism (commonly shortened to neocon) is a political movement born in the United States during the 1960s among Democrats who became disenchanted with the party's domestic and especially foreign policy. Many of its adherents became politically famous during the Republican presidential administrations of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Neoconservatives peaked in influence during the administrations of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, when they played a major role in promoting and planning the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Prominent neoconservatives in the George W. Bush administration included Paul Wolfowitz, John Bolton, Elliott Abrams, Richard Perle and Paul Bremer. Senior officials Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, while not identifying as neoconservatives, listened closely to neoconservative advisers regarding foreign policy, especially the defense of Israel and the promotion of democracy in the Middle East. Neoconservatives continue to have influence in the Obama administration and neoconservative ideology has continued as a factor in American foreign policy.

See I always thought a neo-liberal was a libertarian. I am very glad this has been clarified. Can't stand Libertarian ideology.

Instead, it's (as seen in post #1) just used as an empty slur against those deemed insufficiently pure.

And that someone was probably just a neohippie themselves.

And please dont say China, who artificially inflates their GDP by building entire ghost cities with no residents, among other artificial means.

Trade is about 20% (actually 21.5%) of our economy. It is over 50% in Canada (70%), Sweden (60%), Germany (80%) and every other progressive country. (FYI - trade is 28% of China's economy so it is actually less 'closed' than the US.

casually claim two opposing positions are “largely indistinguishable”?"

"And it’s not an inconsequential one, either. If Brexit wreaks the havoc on the UK economy many are predicting, Washington Post’s millions of readers thinking Sanders supported such a measure would go a long way toward damaging both his credibility and that of the broader progressive movement."

used by a flaming extreme that wants communist-level purity of left wing wet dreams.

In this cycle, all intelligent, rational, reasonable center-left people become "neoliberals" because they are not supporting a specific candidate or a viewpoint.

If not, I can help.

Example #1: Trump is planning an administration that is Neoliberalism on steroids (i.e. privatizing/cutting Medicare
and SS, cutting other social programs, using infrastructure spending to help his developer friends, lots of de-regulation, and a roaring stock-market based on klepto-capitalism and privatization of Public assets).

At this point, we'll leave the Democratic Party totally out of it.


Can you see Trump's radical Neoliberalism?

I think this is an area that should be hammered-on, against Trump.

right leaning and bigoted rhetoric.

to be factually based and he comes across as trying to educate the public rather than pandering to people's fears like Trump. I never got the impression that he was pushing RW talking points, but maybe that's because my major was Finance and Accounting and I understand economics and the whole globalization thing better than the average Trump supporter, though I've never worked on Wall St.