> > The ideology most responsible for promoting a vision of economic growth
> > >as good in and of itself has also shaped development discourse and policy
> > >choices among key international institutions since the late 1970s.
> > >Historically, this ideology has been known under various names:
> > >"neoliberalism," "the Washington consensus," "Reaganism," "the New Right
> > >Agenda," and "corporate-led economic globalization," to name a few. This
> > >view asserts that economic growth is by definition good for everyone and
> > >that economic performance is optimized when governments refrain from
> > >interfering in markets. Thus, for the good of all citizens, governments
> > >should grant the greatest possible autonomy to individual market
> > >actors--companies in particular.
there's a big difference between "economic growth" _per se_ and the
neo-liberal view that _marketized_ (profit-led, corporate-run) growth is
good in and of itself. Economic growth _might be_ democratically planned to
be consistent with the preservation of the natural balance. Of course it
isn't at this point, but that doesn't mean that there is no alternative.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine/AS
