Neoliberalism describes a set of ideas about the way society should be organized. The popularization of neoliberalism is neither ancient, nor natural; yet it is often talked about as if it is both. It's not; in fact it isn't really even "dominant" [thread]voxpopulisphere.com/2016/03/19/eli…
Elizabeth Martinez & Arnoldo Garcia boil neoliberalism down to: 1. The market governs society 2. Public welfare & social service cuts 3. Deregulation 4. Privitization. 5. Emphasis on "individual responsibility" instead of "public good" or "community" voxpopulisphere.com/2016/03/19/eli…
In effect neoliberalism pretends to simply be Adam Smith's free market theories, in which humans are most free when they are all seen as individual units and can enter the economic market free of government interference; the market in turn must also be unfettered...