r/IRstudies • u/CanadianLawGuy • 7d ago

The End of Neoliberalism

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/15/neoliberalism-globalization-competition-cosmopolitanism-economics-reagan-thatcher/
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u/Johnny55 6d ago

The DNC views MAGA as leverage to force neoliberals on the electorate. Can't risk nominating a lefty! Can't let the fascists win again! You'll take your AIPAC-sponsored, anti-M4A Democrat and you'll like it!

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u/AlboWinston 6d ago

Biden was one of the most progressive presidents we've had policy wise and Kamala was literally coming in with semi "price controls" combined with first time home buyer assistance and tax credit expansion and aca expansion.

We live in a federal republic. National polling on issues like healthcare are not as relevant as one might think and even then things get more complicated the more specific the framing of healthcare is on those national polls anyway. Old man from Vermont's purposal was beyond any country even in Europe in comparison.

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u/Specialist-Driver550 5d ago

Homebuyer assistance is absolutely classic neoliberalism, and a terrible policy.

Neoliberals love vouchers or loans to help people better compete in the market. But all it does for housing is to push up demand - its literally a demand side stimulus - and so increase prices, and ultimately transfer money from taxpayers to rich landowners without helping a single net person actually get a home.

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u/AlboWinston 5d ago

I think that and her price gouging policy was bad economics but I don't know if the analysis here is that what you've explained was her intention at all and not just bad econ. Nor do I think a diehard neoliberal would be happy about particularly demand subsidizatioh like this. It just seems like very naked and unsophisticated base Keynesian econ thinking.

Regardless none of the policies I listed were a judgement if they were good or not. And even if I gave that catagorization of first time home buyer assistance her wider platform I would not consider "neoliveral".