Talk:Economic conservatism

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Could editors please provide reliable sources for additional text inserted into this article. The Four Deuces (talk) 06:17, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

I think the recent edits have been correct (though unsourced). In the United States certainly the term is widely understood to mean free market economic policy instead of government intervention—the opposite of what this article says. A simple Google search of "economic conservatism" turns up many links—some reliable, some not—that reveal this. The article only cites two Australian sources which is the likely explanation. –CWenger (talk) 22:17, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

That's because Americans use the term when "conservative" when they mean "liberal" and also economic conservatism is an historical term, since no one advocates it today. TFD (talk) 22:41, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

You are right on the first point, but the second I have to disagree with. Economic conservatism is definitely still advocated today. For example, this article discusses economic conservatives opposed to the Obamas stimulus. –CWenger (talk) 23:48, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

TFD, if you had even bothered to read the 2 Australian references you would have realized that they support a definition that is synonymous with Fiscal conservatism. In terms of economics, Americans (and evidently Australians) use "conservative" when they mean "classical liberalism"...which is the opposite of "liberal". I explained that concept to you in detail on the Libertarianism talk page. --Xerographica (talk) 23:18, 29 August 2010 (UTC)