Meanings
comparative more neo-liberal · superlative most neo-liberal
- alternativeAlternative form of neoliberal.
The very success of the ‘neo-liberal’ agenda, embraced to a greater or lesser extent by governments of all complexions, has created an incipient political monster.
2011, Guy Standing, chapter 1, in The Precariat, Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2016, →ISBN1 more example
Driven by the neo-liberal ethos of the time, the legislation was focused on opening up the rail network to competition, with very little emphasis on improving the lot of the passenger, facilitating investment, or (indeed) reducing costs.
2019 October 23, Christian Wolmar, “It's not the EU's fault that privatisation has broken down”, in Rail, page 48
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