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Eejit
You've mischaracterised my position — I'm only talking about monetary authorities here. It's absurd to describe an independent justice system as neoliberal.
To create a technocratic 'automatic-stabilising' independent monetary authority is to exclude other forms of politics. Keynes wanted monetary policy to be actively wielded, not set from models of price stability, but used with intent to reduce unemployment as a political end.
This isn't just "Milton Friedman likes oranges, I like oranges, therefore I'm a neoliberal", it's a central maxim of neoliberalism. 'Sound money', automatic stabilisers, neutrality of the monetary system, all that stuff.