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[–] 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (15 children)

The Chicago School itself says:

Conservative politicians like Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher championed Friedman’s ideas

So maybe the school itself holds to some kind of political neutrality, but conservatives love their theories.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    This. Economics is a social science where every theory or opinion aims to achieve different varying desired outcomes for different people and in achieved in different ways, with spectrums for every step along the process. The entire field is on a spectrum, that also generally aligns with the political spectrum because politics, like economics, strives to achieve a certain outcome for a certain group of people, in a certain way. Trying to disentangle the field of economics from people. and the politics that people create, is a red flag for not actually knowing what economics is.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (11 children)

    Ah, so it's not that they're conservative, it's that they desire the same things conservatives want. But they're totally apolitical, and it's just a happy coincidence.

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  • [+] -5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (10 children)
  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    Neoliberals are conservative.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (7 children)

    I would love to hear more about how neoliberals aren't conservative...

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  • [+] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (6 children)
  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (5 children)

    Just because the two options you have to choose from are shit doesn't mean they are still both shit - it is hilarious watching you Americans cry socialism about policies that in most of the civilised world would be considered right or centre-right.

    Google the definition of conservative and tell me how that changes based on what country we are talking about.

    " favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas."

    I'd love you to try and convince me that neoliberalism doesn't fit under the above.

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  • [+] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Actually, you are the one who assumed civilised was a dog whistle - how very problematic of you.

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