Reply #47: Unfortunately for you, [View All]

[FrenchieCat]

I'm not here to answer your hypothetical questions....

"IF Clark was a Neoliberal.....would you have a problem with that?"

Clark is an FDR Liberal, http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2004/02/18/opinion/myers.html
and his economic/foreign policy philosophy does not reflect that of a Neoliberal based on the definition as provided below:
See.....

The term neoliberalism was coined by Conservative Republicans to describe a political-economic philosophy that had major implications for government policies beginning in the 1970s – and increasingly prominent since 1980 – that de-emphasizes or rejects positive government intervention in the economy (that complements private initiative), focusing instead on achieving progress and even social justice by encouraging free-market methods and fewer restrictions on business operations and economic development. Supporters argue that a 'trickle down' approach whereby society eventually benefits is genuine, whilst detractors tend to think that government intervention can focus the social dimension of big business.

It can be contrasted with economic nationalism, fair trade and anti-capitalism, three different alternatives to neoliberalism.

Brief discussion
The term neoliberalism is not the only one for this movement, many supporters argue that it is simply "liberalism," while critics often label it pejoratively as "Thatcherism." Because of close association between this philosophy and neoclassical economics, and confusion with the overloaded term "liberal," some advocate the term "neoclassical philosophy." It is criticized (in different ways) by socialist, social liberalist, anarchist, and conservative parties, as well as by intellectuals and economists. Some portray neoliberalism as the imposition of "free markets from the top-down" since it has been promoted by international financial institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank and by centralized state organizations such as the European Union and the U.S. government. Others identify neoliberalism with neo-corporatism, and political-economic domination by multinational corporations.

Though many liberals adhere to neoliberalism, their ideology has a broader content, and other liberals oppose neoliberalism. Neoliberalism is not a version of the new liberalism of John Dewey, Woodrow Wilson, John Maynard Keynes, Franklin Roosevelt, or the British Liberal Democrats, which saw a positive role for government through interventionism in the economy. Rather, it focuses on the establishment of a stable medium of exchange, and the reduction of localized rules, regulations and barriers to commerce, and the privatization of state-run enterprises. Critics of neoliberalism associate it with globalization, and with the rise of multinational corporations, as well as monetary and fiscal austerity at the expense of social programs.

The term is often used as a pejorative; in this context it means not the economic theory, but the implementation of global capitalism and the power of multinational corporations, as well as the effects of free trade on wages and social structures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism