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Liberal Economics be like (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

"liberal economics" ? Seriously? This flowchart describes every POS robber baron capitalist for the last several centuries.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Economic liberalism is the economic theory of both American parties. Idk how it came to be applied to only the democratic party but that's incorrect. OP is presumably critiquing economic liberalism from a leftist perspective, of which the Democrats are not

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

those are the effects of liberal capitalism

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

That's not "liberal economics", that's just "Capitalism in practice".

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Have you noticed how liberalism is always pro-capitalism?

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You just said the same thing twice

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

aka "Reaganomics"

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

How is a liberal not a capitalist supporter?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There's a drastic difference between a neoliberal and a liberal. They're very different terms.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

He's a neoliberal which is an economic stance that promotes deregulation of the markets and support of free trade along with government austerity.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

What definition of liberal are you using here?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

the one of (neo)liberalism. An economic state which is accepted and perpetuated by virtually all sides of the culture war

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Historically by the right wing then.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Historically by both, the democrats just give out a couple treats now and then to make themselves look progressive

Edit: unless of course you're using the actual definitions of left and right wing, but most people in this thread aren't so forgive me if I'm mistaken

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Tankies use neoliberal liberally

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

that's billions of tax payers money with the tax burden being disproportionately heavy for the 90% while the 10% pay less and less taxes the richer they are

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