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The historical context of neoliberalism and its form of care

4 important questions on The historical context of neoliberalism and its form of care

What is the weak feature of NL in his emphasis on capitalism?

Capitalism is not the 'natural' state of an economy or the 'natural' historical outcome of the advance of human civilization.

Karl Plane argued persuasively in "The great transformation" that never before our time were markets more than accessories of economic life. His critique of the excess of the 19t and 20th-century capitalism showed that the focus on 'market society' was uniquely out of touch with the ways in which most human societies had organized themselves. It was a response to feeling too many responsibilities.

What is the presume of a market economy?

That market economies are a sole motivation for human behavior: A market economy is an economic system controlled, regulated, and directed by market prices; An economy of this kind derives from the expectation that human beings behave in such a way as to achieve maximum money gains.

What is the notion of the 'Double movement"?

It can be personified as the action of two organizing principles in society.
1. The principle of economic liberalism, aiming at the establishment of a self regulating market.
2. The other was the principle of social protection aiming at the conservation of man and nature as well as productive organizations; Relying upon the varying support of those most immediately affected by the deleterious action of the market.

What can we hope from the double movement?

It is possible to imagine that people can again be engaged at the level of ideas to think about what our human lives are actually about, and how we should best live them together. After more than a generation of neoliberal hegemony, it is time to theories again the alternative.