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In reply to the discussion: Which of these is more likely to be a single-issue "dealbreaker" for you? [View all]Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)described as neo-liberal policies that I do not support.
Case in point:
Deprogramming Progressives Indoctrinated into Supporting Austerity
Posted: 12/28/2012
A little bit of economics can be a truly terrible thing, for the introductory classes in micro and macro-economics are the most dogmatic and myth-filled part of the neoliberal curriculum. Dogmas that have been falsified for 75 years (such as austerity) are taught as revealed truth. The poor indoctrinated student is then launched into the world "knowing" that austerity is the answer and that mass unemployment and prolonged recessions are small prices to be paid (by others) to achieve the holy grail of a balanced budget. Students are taught that national budgets are really just like household budgets.
These dogmas are not simply false, they are self-destructive and cruel. Neoliberal economics is so bad and has gone downhill at such a rapid rate that it now worships the economic analog to bleeding patients -- austerity -- as a response to a Great Recession. Millions of people are indoctrinated annually into believing this long-falsified nonsense, and that includes people who consider themselves progressives.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-k-black/deprogramming-progressive_b_2375358.html
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