tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post835337011599964894..comments2024-03-28T06:49:24.930-04:00Comments on International Political Economy at the University of North Carolina: On NeoliberalismThomas Oatleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092437150746625670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post-38979874640224471502011-10-04T17:35:06.994-04:002011-10-04T17:35:06.994-04:00It gets defined a lot of different ways, as I'...It gets defined a lot of different ways, as I'm sure you're aware. In general I'm okay with Crouch's definition -- "optimal outcomes will be achieved if the demand and supply for goods and services are allowed to adjust to each other through the price mechanism, without interference by government or other forces". I'd probably add something about John Williamson's 10 points comprising the Washington Consensus. <br /><br />Obviously we have our own version of "neoliberalism" in IR, which is mostly not what I'm talking about here. <br /><br />I'm sorry but I haven't got a great cite at my fingertips.Kindred Winecoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330671232391851377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post-20694504272677697262011-10-04T09:13:35.919-04:002011-10-04T09:13:35.919-04:00Any recommendations for further reading? Especiall...Any recommendations for further reading? Especially to support your definition:<br /><br />"the entire discipline of American economics and wonkery, who may disagree on some particulars of which technocratic policy may bring the best outcome but more or less agree on what the best outcome is (within fairly narrow bounds) and the fact that technocratic means are the best way of achieving it. Put another way, I see neoliberals as believing that politics messes up socially optimal policymaking rather than those who believe there is no such thing."<br /><br />I have been thinking about definitions of neoliberalism for a paper. I agree with you in broad outline, but am hoping to back this intuition up with some good cites.Bentleyhttp://polisci.osu.edu/grads/allan.29/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post-27869199917044495182011-09-30T15:53:59.223-04:002011-09-30T15:53:59.223-04:00Good post. I think perhaps the connection between...Good post. I think perhaps the connection between certain forms of neoliberalism and support for large corporations comes from those espousing the Austrian view that monopolies will collapse under their own weight and therefore don't require state intervention. If they're inefficient or even socially 'bad,' the market will take care of it. If large corporations fail to adjust, a thousand innovators will bloom. Of course, this totally ignores politics and so fails miserably in reality.<br /><br />I wish neoliberal critics would better specify what they're attacking. It's the Austrians and those with an excessive faith in DSGE who need correcting. <br /><br />Keep up the good work.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272672399570403527noreply@blogger.com