Category:Neoliberalism

Articles related to neoliberalism, both a political philosophy and a term used to signify the late-20th-century political reappearance of 19th-century ideas associated with free-market capitalism.The term has multiple, competing definitions, and is most often used pejoratively. It is primarily employed to delineate the societal transformation resulting from market-based reforms. Neoliberalism is an economic philosophy that originated among European liberal scholars during the 1930s. It emerged as a response to the perceived decline in popularity of classical liberalism, which was seen as giving way to a social liberal desire to control markets. This shift in thinking was shaped by the Great Depression and manifested in policies designed to counter the volatility of free markets.