neoclassical liberalism
neoclassical liberalism noun: capitalist ideology which stresses the importance of deregulation and private ownership over the means of production.
Noun
neoclassical liberalism (uncountable)
- Capitalist ideology which stresses the importance of deregulation and private ownership over the means of production.
- Jardine says the neoclassical liberalism of the postindustrial economy contained two major postulates: a return to laissez-faire economics and a revival of Protestant morality to counteract the growing moral permissiveness.2013, Arthur W. Hunt with Anthony Selvaggio, chapter 5, in Surviving Technopolis: Essays on Finding Balance in Our New Man-Made Environments, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 68
- Capitalist ideology that focuses on the compatibility of support for civil liberties and free markets on the one hand and a concern for social justice or the worst-off’s well-being on the other.
- Synonyms:
- Arizona School liberalism, bleeding-heart libertarianism
- Synonym of neoliberalism.
- Synonyms:
- neoliberalism
Synonyms of neoclassical liberalism
- Arizona School liberalism
- bleeding-heart libertarianism
- neoliberalism
Forms of neoclassical liberalism
| alternative form | neo-classical liberalism |
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Questions about neoclassical liberalism
- What does neoclassical liberalism mean?
- Neoclassical liberalism means capitalist ideology which stresses the importance of deregulation and private ownership over the means of production.
- What part of speech is neoclassical liberalism?
- Neoclassical liberalism is a noun.
Words near neoclassical liberalism in the dictionary
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