Difference between revisions of "Classical Liberalism"
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| − | {{DES | des = To libertarians, it is short for "classical liberal economics" or "classical economics": pre-marginalist, pre-Keynesian economics such as Manchesterism. That has nothing to do with POLITICAL liberal ideas such as democracy. Libertarian use of the term classical liberalism is designed to ignore the political goals that early liberals actually stood for. By cherry-picking quotes and positions, and ignoring much, libertarians claim classical liberals were just like modern libertarians and neoliberals. | show=}} | + | {{DES | des = To libertarians, it is short for "classical liberal economics" or "classical economics": pre-marginalist, pre-Keynesian economics such as Manchesterism. That has nothing to do with POLITICAL liberal ideas such as democracy. Libertarian use of the term classical liberalism is designed to ignore the political goals that early liberals actually stood for. By cherry-picking quotes and positions, and ignoring much, libertarians claim classical liberals were just like modern libertarians and neoliberals. This is part of an attempt to claim another term, [[Libertarian (propaganda sense)|the way libertarianism was stolen.]] | show=}} |
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