Author Archives: greg

Neoliberalism is a System of Violence

Posted on August 6, 2016 by greg

The elections of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 and Ronald Reagan in 1980 can be viewed as inaugurating the formal period of neoliberal economic policy dominance at the state level. A financial elite set in motion a process to reinvent government … Continue reading →

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The Social Contract of the Neoliberals

Posted on July 23, 2016 by greg

We should not forget that the definition of poor people and the attitude towards them has always been one of the mechanisms of economic systems that create inequality. Once the status of the poor was part of a religious view … Continue reading →

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Why Hillary Clinton Needs Elizabeth Warren

Posted on July 1, 2016 by greg

Nietzsche (1844-1900) rejected the power of reason, and the belief that science would automatically lead to progress. He claimed there was no objective fact about what has value in itself – culture consisted of beliefs developed to perpetuate a particular … Continue reading →

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The Rise of the Neoliberals

Posted on June 24, 2016 by greg

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) discovered the natural laws of motion, which provided the final piece to the puzzle, establishing the Copernican theory of the Earth revolving around the sun, introducing  the spirit of individualism and the idea the study of human … Continue reading →

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The Death of Liberalism

Posted on June 1, 2016 by greg

Classical liberalism supported the notion that society as a whole would begin to prosper as the level of personal freedom or autonomy increased. Individuals left to their own devices to pursue their own goals, limited only by known and universally … Continue reading →

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