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Comment on Neo-liberal perspective of State (150 words)

  • UPSC 2017
  • 10 marks
  • Theories of the State

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Neo-liberalism is the newest turn of the liberal tradition: a revival of the minimal state of laissez-faire, defended on fresh grounds against the Keynesian welfare state. Its critics call it market fundamentalism. Its real claim is not that the state should vanish but that it should change jobs — from provider to enabler of markets.

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