[lbo-talk] "Liberal" (was yours truly in USA Today)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 21 07:08:57 PDT 2006


On Sep 21, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> In many parts of the
> world, "liberal" seems to be practically synonymous with the
> (economic) Right opposed to socialism _and_ social democracy.

Milton Friedman wanted to reclaim the word "liberal" for his side, but that's one of his prescriptions that was never filled.

Doug



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