Milton Friedman on Classical Liberalism 

Milton Friedman believes in Classical Liberalism, particularly Laissez-Faire Economics. Neoliberalism is the name of the movement that he caused by advocating those beliefs in the public sphere during the 70s and 80s.

In Spanish, "Neoliberalismo" it's a one-size-fits-all to describe anything you don't like.

@@bell191991 Not really. Margaret Thatcher wasn't liberal, nor was Ronald Reagan, for example. It seems to be a way of offend someone. There isn't neoliberal authors, and there isn't neoliberal politics. Both of them were like conservative, fought against drugs, were against(or didn't talked about it) homossexual marriage, raised taxes and the participation of government on economy.

Guilherme Castilho Reagan didn’t raise taxes?

Michael Rocha not really. In most of the world liberalism means the same as it has always meant. Only a handful of countries (like the US) deformed its meaning. That being said, there are differences between the two ideologies, the biggest being that libertarism always sees the government/state as a necessary evil, but evil nevertheless; in fact the uthopia of libertarism its pretty much individual anarchisim. Liberalism on the other hand does not see the government as inherently bad or incompetent; yes, it has to be small, but it has clear objectives and purpose. Both doctrined though agree that the government should stay away from people's lives, and that individuals should be able to do whatever they want as long as it doesnt harm anyone but themselves.

The two ideas are so close that even many libertarians confuse them. On the form of government, classical liberalism lends itself to federalism. Liberals evolved during the 19th century to favor a very limited safety net for those unable to work due to old age or disability.

Nah, the libertarians just want to shrink gov so small it can’t even do those 3 things- in an era when doing those 3 things is getting more and more complicated.

Not so much. Libertarianism is a very broad spectrum and a lot of them are anarchists and then there is left and right libertarianism where the former wants to have state control and the latter wants govt out of control or very small (minarchists )

@@AkulaSriRahul That doesn't make it right or left...

I don't know if you care anymore but he said, "of and pertaining to freedom"

'of or pertaining to freedom'

shit that's what I meant to write

ElsenyoPol Liberalism by definition refers to a collection of political ideologies that promote freedom and equality.

'of or pertaining to freedom'

They have oil. Hence can afford an social wellfare state...

Matt Knows What eventually happens in every country that tries out marxism is that it ends up with a bureaucratic and centrally planned economy (what happened in all of the countries you named). If you actually want left-libertarianism/anarchism to work, you need to work on a level that is much smaller than a country. In order for anarchism to work, you need a direct consensus democracy, which is impossible with a population, that’s over 10.000 people.