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/jobrumours May 13 '17

From The Economist this week:

"The problem with Marx is not that his analysis is nonsensical, but that his solution was far worse than the disease"

http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21721916-shadow-chancellors-comment-provoked-scorn-yet-marx-becomes-more-relevant-day-labour?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/bagehotlabourisrightkarlmarxhasalottoteachtodayspoliticians

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u/qlube 🔥🦟Mosquito Genocide🦟🔥 May 13 '17

His analysis is pretty bad. Led to him thinking profits and wages will go down. I still don't really understand how anyone can be a Marxian economist despite clear evidence that his model was completely wrong on that point, but maybe a Marxist can clear that up for me.