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Neoliberalism: To Know It Is To Recognize It - The Crucial Voice of the PeopleThe Crucial Voice of the People

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Neoliberalism: To Know It Is To Recognize It



noam-chomsky-quote-2The term “neoliberalism” is not in my old college dictionary. And most people I’ve asked don’t know what it is. For that reason, the public is not been able to recognize the ideology behind many of our public policies…
We have become victims of sabotage —of our own doing.
An economic approach is one component of neoliberalism.
An economic approach is only one component of neoliberalism.
We are political pawns in the neoliberal game.
The situation looks daunting. But don’t despair. Shedding light on the neoliberal agenda will enable you to better understand the concept and determine for yourself if you have unknowingly adopted this ideology as your own.
As explained in “Our Neoliberal Nightmare,”
“Everything that promotes the market, i.e., privatization, deregulation, mobility of finance and capital, abandonment of government-provided social welfare, and the reconception of human beings as human capital, [is] encouraged.
It should be said that neoliberalism thrives on prompting crisis after 
Neoliberalism: To Know It Is To Recognize It - The Crucial Voice of the PeopleThe Crucial Voice of the People: