People have adopted the term neoliberal because they're unwilling to or afraid of talking about capitalism. I first became aware of this when I was interviewing Mark Ritchie on my radio show. He said, "...neoliberalism - we used to call it capitalism...." (The fact that he said this is one of many reasons Mark is an admirable guy.) I interrupted him, saying it was OK to talk about capitalism on my show, but he was obviously out of practice. These days, only George Soros is allowed to criticize capitalism; you can't read it in In These Times, where proprietor Jimmy Weinstein dismisses any anticapitalist writing as "infantile," "insane," and worst of all, "Trotskyist." Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>
