[WS:] But that has not changed for the past 50-60 years, so why the push toward neoliberalism is now and not 50 years ago?
As I said in my reply to Doug, I think what has changed in the last 15-20 or so years is the consensus of expertocracy that feed governments with expert policy opinions - and that consensus moved decidedly in the neo-liberal direction.
Wojtek
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:54 AM, <brandelune at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 7 oct. 10, at 00:14, Wojtek S wrote:
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>> Or is it more or less a consensus among major Euro governments that
>> use EU structures as an attack dog to implement unpopular policies
>> that otherwise would cost them elections at home?
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> They do cost them elections. But they don't really seem to care because they know they'll be back after the next government loses the next elections.
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> I feel (from a rather distant position) that the EU has been a very strong pusher of neo-liberal policies, mostly because EU governance does not depend on elections. It is not always successful but the trend seems to go in that direction, not in more EU wide social protection.
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> Jean-Christophe Helary
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