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From The New Right To Neoliberalism

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Neoliberalism is a new form of economic policy. It is a very contemporary concept, having become more relevant in the last half of the century. As defined by Jean Hardisty in the article From the New Right to Neoliberalism, “Neoliberalism is the economic, social, and political analysis that best describes the startlingly unequal distribution of wealth and power in the U.S. today.” In other words, everything that is wrong with our government today is a product or effect of Neo-Liberalism. Because of Neoliberalism, the people who are rich and in power remain and in power and actually continually get richer while the unfortunately, the poor stay poor and have little to no way to climb the ladder of equality. Neoliberalism had to start somewhere.

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