Catatan: Indonesia masuk perangkap neoliberalisme ketika Soeharto terpaksa menerima syarat-syarat IMF untuk memperoleh 'bail-out' guna "menyelamatkan"perekonomian Indonesia ketika itu. Salah satu pil pahit yang harus ditelan mentah-mentah ketika itu ialah Indonesia harus menyetujui larangan IMF untuk meneruskan proyek pengembangan pesawat terbang oleh IPTN. IMF juga tak mengizinkan indonesia membiayai order pembelian 120 pesawat yang telah diperoleh IPTN.
Wallahualam bissawab, HDB-SBKWallahualam bissawab, HDB-SBK ====== The main points of neo-liberalism include: THE RULE OF THE MARKET. Liberating "free" enterprise or private enterprise from any bonds imposed by the government (the state) no matter how much social damage this causes. Greater openness to international trade and investment, as in NAFTA. Reduce wages by de-unionizing workers and eliminating workers' rights that had been won over many years of struggle. No more price controls. All in all, total freedom of movement for capital, goods and services. To convince us this is good for us, they say "an unregulated market is the best way to increase economic growth, which will ultimately benefit everyone." It's like Reagan's "supply-side" and "trickle-down" economics -- but somehow the wealth didn't trickle down very much. CUTTING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES like education and health care. REDUCING THE SAFETY-NET FOR THE POOR, and even maintenance of roads, bridges, water supply -- again in the name of reducing government's role. Of course, they don't oppose government subsidies and tax benefits for business. DEREGULATION. Reduce government regulation of everything that could diminsh profits, including protecting the environmentand safety on the job. PRIVATIZATION. Sell state-owned enterprises, goods and services to private investors. This includes banks, key industries, railroads, toll highways, electricity, schools, hospitals and even fresh water. Although usually done in the name of greater efficiency, which is often needed, privatization has mainly had the effect of concentrating wealth even more in a few hands and making the public pay even more for its needs. ELIMINATING THE CONCEPT OF "THE PUBLIC GOOD" or "COMMUNITY" and replacing it with "individual responsibility." Pressuring the poorest people in a society to find solutions to their lack of health care, education and social security all by themselves -- then blaming them, if they fail, as "lazy." Around the world, neo-liberalism has been imposed by powerful financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. It is raging all over Latin America. The first clear example of neo-liberalism at work came in Chile (with thanks to University of Chicago economist Milton Friedman), after the CIA-supported coup against the popularly elected Allende regime in 1973. Other countries followed, with some of the worst effects in Mexico where wages declined 40 to 50% in the first year of NAFTA while the cost of living rose by 80%. Over 20,000 small and medium businesses have failed and more than 1,000 state-owned enterprises have been privatized in Mexico. As one scholar said, "Neoliberalism means the neo-colonization of Latin America." Dikutip dari: What is Neoliberalism? CORPWATCH A Brief Definition for Activists by Elizabeth Martinez and Arnoldo Garcia, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=376 -- . * Posting yg berasal dari Palanta RantauNet, dipublikasikan di tempat lain wajib mencantumkan sumber: ~dari Palanta R@ntauNet http://groups.google.com/group/RantauNet/~ * Isi email, menjadi tanggung jawab pengirim email. =========================================================== UNTUK DIPERHATIKAN, melanggar akan dimoderasi: - DILARANG: 1. E-mail besar dari 200KB; 2. E-mail attachment, tawarkan di sini & kirim melalui jalur pribadi; 3. One Liner. - Anggota WAJIB mematuhi peraturan serta mengirim biodata! Lihat di: http://forum.rantaunet.org/showthread.php?tid=1 - Tulis Nama, Umur & Lokasi disetiap posting - Hapus footer & seluruh bagian tdk perlu dlm melakukan reply - Untuk topik/subjek baru buat email baru, tdk mereply email lama & mengganti subjeknya. =========================================================== Berhenti, bergabung kembali, mengubah konfigurasi/setting keanggotaan di: http://groups.google.com/group/RantauNet/
