Tag Archives: neoliberalism

Double-Truth

Posted on July 12, 2018 by camelotkidd

I know it’s hard to turn away from the ongoing dumpster fire that is the Trump administration but it’s imperative to understand how we got here. Can you say neoliberalism? The neoliberals first gathered at Mont Pelerin, circa 1947, in … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged agnotology, Barak Obama, Donald Trump, double truth, inverted totalitarianism, Mont Pelerin Society, neoliberal thought collective, neoliberalism, neoliberals, Never Let A Seious Crisis Go To Waste, Philip Mirowski, Wall Street, wall street crash | Leave a comment

A Madness to the Method

Posted on July 6, 2018 by camelotkidd

A wise man said that the purpose of a nation is to build unity and deconstruct division. That doesn’t describe our country, does it? No, we’ve become a nation of the haves and have nots, riven by false partisan … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Barak Obama, Citizen's United, Democracy in Chains, Democrats, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, identity politics, inequality, Lochner era, money equals free speech, Nancy MacLean, neoliberalism, New Democrats, Republicans | Leave a comment

Is that all there is?

Posted on June 14, 2018 by camelotkidd

Gazing around our world it’s clear that neoliberalism has narrowed the possibilities. Is that all there is? Massive student debts, opioid addiction, homelessness and suicides. An economy based largely on scams and fraud, that leaves the vast majority of … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 2016 election, Bain Capital, culture of fraud, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, neoliberal economic policies, neoliberalism, precariat, Silicon Valley, sociopathic elite, Wall Street, wall street crash | Leave a comment

Busy Little Termites

Posted on May 30, 2018 by camelotkidd

I find it perversely amusing that while doing good is so damn hard, doing evil is easy. Doing evil is especially easy in the service of wealth and power. Take neoliberalism, a shape-shifting ideology so nefarious that its proponents … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged because markets, busy little termites, desegregation, evil is easy, James Buchanan, market dystopia, Milton Friedman, neoliberal economic policies, neoliberalism, New Deal, Philip Mirowski | Leave a comment

We the Precariat

Posted on May 12, 2018 by camelotkidd

Here’s an observation from Lambert at Naked Capitalism that perfectly captures the precarious world that’s been created by the advance of neoliberalism. “So, Walmart spends squillions destroying public education, and then pays low wages because people can’t read or … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Lambert, Naked Capitalism, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, privatization, public education, Walmart | Leave a comment

That’s just the way it is

Posted on May 2, 2018 by camelotkidd

Divide and rule is as old as the hills. That’s just the way it is. In the wake of Trump’s surprising win over Hillary Clinton, Democrats have seized upon several explanations for the poor showing of their establishment candidate. … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Bill Clinton, Bruce Hornsby, class warfare, corporate media, deplorables, Donald Trump, feral elite, free trade, Hillary Clinton, immigration, maquiladoras, Mexico, Mickey Kantor, NAFTA, neoliberalism, Robert Rubin, Ron Brown, That's just the way it is, Wall Street, Walmart, Warren Christopher | Leave a comment

Junk Economics

Posted on December 7, 2017 by camelotkidd

Over the weekend, the US Senate passed the most drastic rewrite of America’s tax system since the Reagan administration, which is expected to mostly benefit the wealthiest Americans. This new tax cut legislation should provide further proof that the United … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Democrats, Edward Bernays, J is For Junk Economics, Michael Hudson, neo-feudalism, neoliberalism, Republicans, Senate | Leave a comment

A Flaw in the Model

Posted on November 2, 2017 by camelotkidd

The election of Donald Trump was due, in no small part, to the abject corruption of our elite. In my last post, I examined An Economic Theory of the Criminal Law, where 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner states that the poor require … Continue reading →

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Open for Business

Posted on October 24, 2017 by camelotkidd

Neoliberalism has trumped our democratic values and institutions by substituting a cost-benefit and efficiency rational. Political discourse is framed only in entrepreneurial terms where the management of a market-economy confers a government the legitimacy to carry out domestic and … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Chile, criminal law, Cuba, foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, Honduras, Iran, Ken Burns, Libya, market-based values, neoliberalism, regime change, Richard Posner, Venezuala, Vietnam, war on terror, war on terror is a hoax, Wendy Brown | 1 Comment

Because Markets

Posted on October 6, 2017 by camelotkidd

Once again, there was a mass-shooting in America. This time in Las Vegas, where a 64 year old man sprayed bullets down onto concert-goers, killing 58 people and wounding 489. The statistics paint a horrible picture of gun violence in … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 2nd Amendment, Ayn Rand, because markets, Constitution, creating and nurturing community is a revolutionary act, federal reserve, Going Postal, gun violence, hyper-individualism, inequality, Lambert, Las Vegas shooting, Mark Ames, Naked Capitalism, neo-feudalism, neoliberalism, NRA, Ronald Reagan, Shay's Rebellion, society, The Freedom of an Armed Society, wall street crash | Leave a comment