In the United States, at least, #media commentators (thinking of Vox and 538) pretend that the term #neoliberalism has no meaning. But it does and it exists.
Here in Rich Media, Poor Democracy, Robert McChesney describes it quite easily in one paragraph.
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Neoliberalism refers to the policies that maximize the role of mar.
kets and profit-making and minimize the role of nonmarket insti,
tions. It is the deregulation provided by neoliberalism that has been
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possible. In short, neoliberal democracy is one where the politica
Sector controls little and debates even less. In such a world politic
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