Sentences with phrase «term classical liberalism»

[9] The phrase classical liberalism is also sometimes used to refer to all forms of liberalism before the 20th century, and some conservatives and right - libertarians use the term classical liberalism to describe their belief in the primacy of economic freedom and minimal government.

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The term «laissez faire,» is often used to describe the free - market economics of classical liberalism.

[7] The term «classical liberalism» was applied in retrospect to distinguish earlier 19th - century liberalism from the newer social liberalism.

«Liberal» in USA has several meanings, mainly, either (1) «classical liberal» (which in USA is typically branded as «libertarianism» - although it's still called plain «liberalism» in Europe where the term originated); and, wholly independently, (2) «political liberal» - which is a self - made late 20th century [1] rebrand of what used to be called «progressive» (and can be loosely branded «left wing» at times, but personally I absolutely abhore single - axis left / right positioning) position.

In the decades that followed, the use of the term «neoliberal» tended to refer to theories which diverged from the more laissez - faire doctrine of classical liberalism and which promoted instead a market economy under the guidance and rules of a strong state, a model which came to be known as the social market economy.