@knittingknots2
Can't we just take it as given that anyone that isn't a sycophant is a radical leftist terrorist who should be jailed/deported/impeached/fired?

And stop covering that as news?

And focus on how the #OrangeToddler's policies and actions are hurting families/communities/businesses with concrete examples? And start talking about how we should be solving the problems the #OrangeToddler and his court say they are solving?

And maybe if the "centrists" acknowledged that maybe relying on the #NeoliberalMyth both artificially imposes constraints that are not real and stops us from talking about the constraints we need to deal with?

The ISDS provision - Allowing companies to set up a business that will cause deaths, injuries and environmental damage, and then claim damages when told they cannot operate a business they know will cause deaths, injuries and environmental damage. PROPERTY RIGHTS ÜBER ALLES! Thanks, neo-liberals

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/05/revealed-how-wall-street-is-making-millions-betting-against-green-laws-isds-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Brought to you by the #NeoliberalMyth, handmaiden to #Capitalists

"It was a programme of unfunded tax cuts for the wealthy that the Macronists wrongly assumed would increase economic activity and therefore the tax take. According to Macron’s own economy guru, “this was not a bad strategy, but it didn’t work”. "

"...not a bad strategy"?????? Tell me, have unfunded tax cuts with no constraints ever worked? (Except from the perspective of the beneficiaries of the tax cuts, of course)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/02/emmanuel-macron-liberal-france-europe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#NeoliberalFalacy strikes again.

#NeoliberalMyth

Just #WOW!

I remember (as good democrat, not Democrat) raising the issue of corruption (the Russian oligarchs were starting to appear) with well educated, informed acquaintances.

Somewhat to my surprise, I was told that that was ok, even good, as this corruption would enable consolidation of the capital that was needed for productive investment.

I'm only a chemist, who was I to doubt my acquaintances with degrees and experience in finance and business? (Later I discovered that physical science and economics define "theory" very differently.

#NeoliberalFallacy #NeoliberalMyth

https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/113703899479626447

Surprised that I haven't seen this posted already - It seems an important article.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/the-deep-historical-forces-that-explain-trumps-win?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

THE BIG QUESTION: to what extent are we able to counter the #NeoliberalMyth and prevailing economic "wisdom"?

This is not unique to pharmacies, though perhaps more obvious given the critical needs they serve:

https://sfstandard.com/2024/10/17/san-francisco-walgreens-chaos/

Something the #NeoliberalMyth seems to have ignored - the perils of oligopolies, and the use of capital to squeeze out small competitors.

Oh, you mean simplistic supply and demand arguments about housing affordability are wrong? #ShockedShockedtoFInd ...

How much longer are people going to be gulled by the #NeoliberalMyth?

https://48hills.org/2024/09/vancouver-study-shows-how-the-yimby-narrative-has-failed-in-real-time/

"Ambulances were once considered a public good and were funded by the federal government. But in 1981, the Reagan administration transformed funding for emergency medical transportation into limited block grants which states could then spend as they wish."

Because, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, we still insist that private enterprise solves all problems in a cost effective manner.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/21/ambulance-surprise-bills-congress?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#NeoliberalMyth #NeoliberalDamage #rentiereconomy

I can't help but believe that a big barrier to solving this problem is faith in the #NeoliberalMyth, coupled with a failure to recognize we are no longer shackled by the constraints of a gold standard for currencies.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/21/climate-activists-bemoan-scant-progress-on-finance-as-cop29-looms

I'd love to see some analysis about how #MMT might help address this problem. We need to start thinking about real resources (labor, materials, equipment) and real resource constraints, and not think about "money" as the prime resource.