Comments on: “Neoliberalism” Not to Blame for Gentrification http://www.smartgrowthforconservatives.com/2014/02/23/neoliberalism-not-to-blame-for-gentrification/ Fiscal and market perspectives on transportation and land use Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: Jim Bacon http://www.smartgrowthforconservatives.com/2014/02/23/neoliberalism-not-to-blame-for-gentrification/#comment-73 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:53:15 +0000 http://www.smartgrowthforconservatives.com/?p=450#comment-73 I corresponded with Daniel Hertz before publishing his op-ed on this blog. He does not describe himself as a conservative. But I thought it worthwhile to cross post the piece because there was considerable overlap with our own thinking. Unlike Mr. Zarsadiaz, who sees free-market “neoliberalism” as the root of evil, Hertz acknowledges the central role of government policy in perpetuating unjust social arrangements.

]]> By: Michael Lewyn http://www.smartgrowthforconservatives.com/2014/02/23/neoliberalism-not-to-blame-for-gentrification/#comment-72 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:25:11 +0000 http://www.smartgrowthforconservatives.com/?p=450#comment-72 I have noticed that conservatives and libertarians never use the term “neoliberal” to describe themselves.

Instead, leftists like Hertz and Zarsadiaz use the term to describe conservatives, evidently believing that “neoliberal” sounds more perjorative than “conservative” or “right-winger.” (Although in the 1980s and 1990s, moderate Democrats were happy to call themselves “neoliberal”; however, this usage seems to have become obsolete).

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