Clinton, more than any other national political force, adopted neoliberalism as his central governing principle. His version of neoliberalism—the application of market-driven solutions to traditional Democratic concerns, like poverty and job creation—can be traced to Charles Peters, author of a 1982 essay titled “A Neoliberal’s Manifesto.” The essay’s opening sentence is a concise description of Clinton’s worldview: “If neoconservatives are liberals who took a critical look at liberalism and decided to become conservatives, we are liberals who took the same look and decided to retain our goals
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