Thanks for the Foxley ref. with the neo-conservative/neo-liberal transmutation. The neo-conservatives, such as Podheretz were liberals (sort of) who became conservative. Colin Danby wrote: > > If memory serves neoconservative was a label applied to Norman Podhoretz > and ilk in the 1980's who were distinguished by fierce anti-communism > more than any particular economic program. But conservative is an even > more slippery term than liberal. > > Needless confusion was sown when the Chilean economist Alejandro Foxley > published _Latin American Experiments in Neoconservative Economics_ in > 1983; its Spanish version, of course, was _Experimentos neoliberales en > America Latina_. Foxley must have felt at the time that "neoliberal" > would be misunderstood in the anglophone world. > > Best, Colin -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
