>The main points of neo-liberalism include:
Not bad save for some tendentious and inaccurate glosses, and save for the claims that #2 and #5 are on the list...
>
>1) THE RULE OF THE MARKET.
>
>Liberating "free" enterprise or private enterprise from
>any bonds imposed by the government...
OK
>
>2) CUTTING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES like
>education and health care. REDUCING THE SAFETY-NET FOR
>THE POOR, and even maintenance of roads, bridges, water
>supply --
No. We want as strong a social safety net as can be constructed without
risks of hyperinflation. We want higher public expenditure on
infrastructure as long as the government actually spends the money on
infrastructure.
>
>3) DEREGULATION. Reduce government regulation...
OK
>
>4) PRIVATIZATION. Sell state-owned enterprises, goods
>and services to private investors...
YEP
>
>5) ELIMINATING THE CONCEPT OF "THE PUBLIC GOOD" or
>"COMMUNITY"
NOPE
Brad DeLong