In libertarian circles, where the leader of the German liberals, Christian Lindner, regularly moves, it has become chic to refer to the ‘successes’ of the Argentine president elected a year ago, thus creating the impression that shock therapy could also be appropriate in this country. The Argentine president, Javier Milei, is being held up as a paragon of liberalism before anyone can even present well-founded empirical evidence that his radical approach is having positive effects. Even the no-less libertarian Elon Musk is repeatedly cited as Milei’s kindred spirit, presumably to show how much money can be made if you have the right attitude.
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Daniel Rodgers: The Uses and Abuses of “Neoliberalism”
We all use the word: Neo-liberalism. But are we talking about the same thing? What exactly does neo-liberalism mean? Read here
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Eurozone 2020. Don’t mention the War!
Nothing since the GFC has convinced me that the EMU can be reformed in any meaningful way to resolve the inherent flaws in its architecture, which reflect the neoliberal bias which set the system up […]
Corruption
German Foreign Policy: Germany wants to change the rules
As we have seen with Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank, Germany, not able to compete on the free market, does not break laws, they simply change them in their favour. Now Germany wishes to change monopoly […]
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