SOSC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Darwinism, Free Trade, North American Free Trade Agreement
12 Dec 2015
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Politics is the control of the economy. These three fields of study have close interconnections. Liberalism : political: political liberalism is presented as progressive compared to conservative or right wing, economic: economic liberalism is different. Conservative politicians who say they hate liberals meaning the political type support economic liberalism, including neoliberalism. Liberals and neoliberalism: market liberals believe that distribution of income and wealth should, neoliberalism extends this: all social life should be determined by the be determined by the market. market. Sympathetic to biological theories of inequality now popular among neoliberals: neoliberals: theories of hereditary racial differences in intelligence are. Safety net: education, health care, maintenance of roads, bridges, water supply -- reducing government"s role. Transferring ownership of a business or service from the public sector to the private sector (businesses that operate for a private profit). Out- sourcing of services to private firms, e. g. garbage collection, ttc, and prisons.
