Was there really a "neoliberal turn"?
source: https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/was-there-really-a-neoliberal-turn
- Lower taxes
- Cuts to social welfare
- Deregulation
- Free trade
- Privatization
- Anti-union policy changes
Almost none of the above bullet points provides a good simple description of what actually got implemented in the U.S. Even as some forms of government intervention in the economy were being slashed, other forms were being built up. The result was an economy where the government does somewhat different things, but not necessarily less.
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