How neoliberalism captured Democrats (with James Kwak)
Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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Neoliberalism in the Democratic Party
nick, i think it's helpful, before we talk to professor quak, to give some real life examples of neo liberalism in the democratic party. We have some examples from bill clinton, borocco boma and hilary clinton, framing policies and ideas in in a neo liberal way. The idea of limited government is intrinsically ne liberal. Its taking this idea that ronald regan popularized, that all government is badGovernment should shrink itself to a point where it can basically be taken away entirely at some point in the future. Nick: "We know thag government does not have all the answers"
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