Neo-liberalism Expressed as Simple Rules | naked capitalism
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In this brief post, I hope to clear the ground by proposing two simple rules to which neo-liberalism can be reduced. They are:
Rule #1: Because markets.
Rule #2: Go die!
Of course, these rules can’t be applied, willy-nilly, inartfully, in just any context; […]
Summarizing, the rules do not apply in the following two contexts:
Invariant #1: The rules of neoliberalism do not apply to those who write the rules.
Invariant #2: The rules of neoliberalism do not apply in the world of the 0.01%.
Both have impunity[2]. These asymmetries will become more interesting shortly.