NeoConservatism

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Neo-Conservatism
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Neo-conservatism
National Planning
Redistribution of Wealth
Minimalist
Privatize
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A Neo-conservative is.

• more concerned about economic growth than
  redistribution of income
• favour an industrial policy in which government,
  business, and labor cooperate closely rather than
  national planning and regulation
• support a stronger national defense rather than a
  weaker one

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modern conservatives
neo-conservatism the New Conservatism

• a state of mind rather than belief in such
  coherent principles

• limit scope to big government in areas
• as bureaucracy political economy

• support economic entrepreneurs

• policy supports traditional
• family, religions moral values

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Neo-conservatismthe New Conservatism
...an American political philosophy... former
liberals, modified but not rejected all the
tenets of liberalism
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1990s
trim size of government reduce public
spending reform taxation laws to encourage
investment manage fiscal and monetary sides of
economy.
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Only a talented and propertied elite could
preserve the sacred rights of humans
against growth of the welfare state
Neo-liberal
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NOT WATERTIGHT COMPARTMENTSNOT A FIXED IDEOLOGY
OR PROGRAM

• --liberals rarely united as a group in applying
  their views to particular policy prescriptions
• --conservatives are not in agreement amongst
  selves about issues

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Is there a gender bias built into liberal values?

• Frum argues that conservatism is a doctrine for
  the tough-minded. Respond to the contention
  that it is a doctrine for the mean-spirited.