Liberal

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Contents 1 Politics 1.1 Australia 1.2 Canada 1.3 United Kingdom 1.4 United States 1.5 Other uses in politics 2 Economics 3 Place names 4 Other uses

Liberal may refer to:

[edit] Politics

• Liberalism
  • Classical liberalism
  • Social liberalism

[edit] Australia

• The Liberal Party of Australia, a centre-right party

[edit] Canada

• The Liberal Party of Canada, a centre-left party

[edit] United Kingdom

"Liberal" in the United Kingdom may refer to opposing both conservative and socialist positions, particularly those of economic protectionists and authoritarians:

• Liberal Democrats, the third political party in the UK, and the successor to the 19th and 20th century governing Liberal Party (UK)
• European liberalism, liberalism in Europe

[edit] United States

• One who supports social liberalism
• Modern liberalism in the United States
• Progressivism in the United States, a political ideology of reform, often associated with liberal movements

[edit] Other uses in politics

• Liberal democracy, a form of government based on limited majority rule
• Liberal Democratic Party, a common name for political parties around the globe
• Liberal Party, members of the political party. In a classical sense, a government or political party associated with ideals of high individual freedom etc.
• Liberalism worldwide, liberal parties around the world
• Small-l liberal, a term used to distinguish between people with a liberal ideology and members of a Liberal party

[edit] Economics

• Economic liberalism
• Laissez-faire
• Neoliberalism, a contemporary free-market political-economic philosophy
• Ordoliberalism
• Social liberalism

[edit] Place names

In the United States:

• Liberal, Kansas, a city
• Liberal, Missouri, a city
• Liberal, Oregon, an unincorporated community

[edit] Other uses

• Progressive Judaism, a religious outlook
• Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom), a religious outlook
• Liberal Christianity, a religious outlook
• Liberal Islam, a religious outlook
• Liberal arts
• El Liberal, a daily newspaper published in Spain between 1879 and 1936
• Liberalism (book), a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises

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