The Adam Smith Institute, an influential British think thank, "came out" as neoliberal last October: https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/coming-out-as-neoliberals …
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Replying to @elsanfranciscan
They define neoliberal using eight "pillars", although I think a couple are vague enough to apply to most political ideologies.
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More specific are their policy priorities, which focus on taxation, education, healthcare, trade/immigration, housing, welfare & bailouts.
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On housing, they're
#YIMBYs, advocating for a liberalized "planning system that lets many more houses be built". https://www.adamsmith.org/about-the-asi/ pic.twitter.com/IPIgsrTKG5
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The parallels continue, as they advocate for more "housing supply" by focusing on deregulation related to "type, location, and height".
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TL;DR: They don't mince words in London. What we call
#YIMBY in SF, they just call "neoliberal housing policies". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
Not building housing just diverts more wealth to people who owned property first in the American, British systems.
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