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NL seems to have lost faith in the market, says finance minister

NL seems to have lost faith in the market, says finance minister - DutchNews.nl

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/09/nl-seems-to-have-lost-faith-in-the-market-says-finance-minister/

Finance minister Eelco Heinen presented the right-wing government’s 2025 budget to parliament on Tuesday, saying that the country appeared to have lost its faith in the market. “We seem to have lost our belief in a market economy somewhat and our trust that letting go can lead to something great,” he said. “The government does not have to subsidise and compensate for everything. People flourish in freedom, as does innovation. And that is what we need to drive up productivity.”...

NL seems to have lost faith in the market, says finance minister - DutchNews.nl

“We seem to have lost our belief in a market economy somewhat and our trust that letting go can lead to something great,” he said. “The government does not have to subsidise and compensate for everything. People flourish in freedom, as does innovation. And that is what we need to drive up productivity.”

Separate article with more details on the proposed budget.

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namingthingsiseasy

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What annoys me most is typical liberals like this talk about "the economy" in a singular sense, and whether something can be simply "good" or "bad" for the economy as a whole. To them, "good for the economy" is a translation for the ultra-wealthy getting even wealthier (because they are the ones most invested in it). No consideration of whether this is beneficial for average people or not. I suppose we're supposed to be happy that our overlords are padding their accounts with even more zeroes? Hooray......

I really hope that we can try to change the dialogue around what the economy really is and how its effects are not uniform across the entire human population.

CaptObvious

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This isn’t typically a liberal position — at least in North America