 The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressivein CEPR Books from Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Abstract: Progressives need a fundamentally new approach to politics. They have been losing not just because conservatives have so much more money and power, but also because they have accepted the conservatives’ framing of political debates. They have accepted a framing where conservatives want market outcomes whereas liberals want the government to intervene to bring about outcomes that they consider fair. This puts liberals in the position of seeming to want to tax the winners to help the losers. This "loser liberalism" is bad policy and horrible politics. Progressives would be better off fighting battles over the structure of markets so that they don't redistribute income upward. This book describes some of the key areas where progressives can focus their efforts in restructuring the market so that more income flows to the bulk of the working population rather than just a small elite. JEL-codes: E E1 E12 E2 E24 E3 E31 E4 E42 E5 E52 E58 E6 H H1 H2 H3 H5 H6 J J5 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:epo:booksx:2011-01 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this book More books in CEPR Books from Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Contact information at EDIRC. |
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