What do you consider neoliberalism?

Orthodox economic beliefs, coupled with internationalism, liberal democratic ideals of free speech and the like, and a belief is a generally small government. The most indisputably neoliberal figures are Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher.

I came to the term long before this sub for the same reason most people came to this sub: espousing what I considered to be logical, reasonable, center-left views about government and being accused of being a neoliberal shill, because all corporations are evil and something something late stage capitalism. Stuff I thought was pretty reasonable like the Economist and Bloomberg were being dismissed by people online as the enemy. And when I read the definition of neoliberal, I went "yeah, I'm like a left-wing version of Reagan. Like Clinton, I guess." Like many other people on this sub, I went through a Libertarian phase in high school.

No political label can ever describe most people perfectly accurately, but neoliberal is good for me. I think economists know what they're talking about, I sympathize with the values of Libertarians if not their specific policy beliefs, and I think we need to balance the inherent need for a functioning society against the dangers of an overly bloated government. In other words, free trade, open borders, and taco trucks on every corner.

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