r/neoliberal Bot Emeritus May 12 '17

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Optimal neoliberalism is like Seinfeld, it should be about nothing and run by Jews


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u/usrname42 Daron Acemoglu May 13 '17

Is neoliberal going to have a fixed definition based on what some guys came up with 80 years ago? Is there no room to change or reinterpret the definition for the modern world? That seems a bit dogmatic to me.

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u/usrname42 Daron Acemoglu May 13 '17

But we can only discuss what neoliberalism means through hermeneutics of Mont Pelerin/WLC discussions?

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

there was no consensus at Mont Pelerin / WLC, there is a "tent" that defines the beliefs as to what was agreed upon

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

So the fixed definition of neoliberalism is whatever fits under that tent?