In Harvey’s introduction and first chapter of A Brief History of Neoliberalism, he examines the different factors that come with freedom and free market capitalism. What do we think of the word freedom and to what extend are we free to say and act as we want? Throughout the past couple of decades, freedom has been noted to “just another word” just like Harvey says. The quote that brought my most attention from the reading was “the idea of freedom, long embedded in the US tradition, has played a conspicuous role in the US in recent years. ‘911’ was immediately interpreted by many as an attack on it” (5.) Do we have more freedom after 911? Obviously, we do not. Everyone in this country have enunciated a big part of their rights and acts that are understood as free to do in this country for safety precaution to the government.
Economic growth is what everyone not only in this country, but in the entire world strives for. Liberalism aims for job security and social welfare contributes to the education and healthcare of everyone. Many issues that our country is confronting is due to the new presidency. It has become a major drawback because The United States was viewed as the land of opportunity up until today. We are competing with everyone else and building yet more markets. People are acting based on their interest …show more content…
We are being persuaded to doing upon necessity and trust of word more than in action. Free market ideology declares that markets are good and government regulation on the other hand is not. While, the rich keep getting more rich, the poor keep on getting more poor. The competition among markets have become such a problem, we often forget we are all aiming for advancement. Elite power is trying to dominate American society. As the sociologist Wright Mill described, “the ordinary citizen is a relatively powerless subject of manipulation by those
Economic growth is what everyone not only in this country, but in the entire world strives for. Liberalism aims for job security and social welfare contributes to the education and healthcare of everyone. Many issues that our country is confronting is due to the new presidency. It has become a major drawback because The United States was viewed as the land of opportunity up until today. We are competing with everyone else and building yet more markets. People are acting based on their interest …show more content…
We are being persuaded to doing upon necessity and trust of word more than in action. Free market ideology declares that markets are good and government regulation on the other hand is not. While, the rich keep getting more rich, the poor keep on getting more poor. The competition among markets have become such a problem, we often forget we are all aiming for advancement. Elite power is trying to dominate American society. As the sociologist Wright Mill described, “the ordinary citizen is a relatively powerless subject of manipulation by those