"Neoliberalism" isn't "neo" in contrast to FDR liberalism, FDR liberalism falls within neoliberalism
The term comes from the idea that classical liberalism (free market economics) was discredited by the Great Depression
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So people in the 1930s saw politics as divided between anti-liberals (communists etc) and "neoliberals" who wanted to save liberalism
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FDR by definition was a neoliberal, as is Bernie Sanders, although Democrats are less neoliberal than Republicans
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