Source: Liberalism, Neoliberalism, and the Literary Left Interview by W. Stockton and D. Gilson (forthcoming).
Deirdre McCloskey on the origins of the #minimumwage
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in applied price theory, economic history, history of economic thought, labour economics, minimum wage Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, eugenics, Leftover Left, New Left, Old Left
#GeorgeOrwell on #Corbyn’s patriotism? #ToriesforCorbyn
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in liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: British politics, George Orwell, Leftover Left, New Left, Old Left, political correctness
What is a useful idiot?
06 Aug 2014 Leave a comment
in environmentalism, liberalism, political change, politics, war and peace Tags: bootleggers and baptists, environmentalists, Leftover Left, New Left, Old Left, political manipulation, propaganda, useful idiots
Useful idiot is a term for people perceived as propagandists, initially Lenin, for a cause whose goals they are not fully aware of, and who are used cynically by the leaders of the cause.
Many confused and misguided sympathisers will unwittingly support a malignant cause which they naïvely believe to be a force for good.
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