Third
Way
Criticisms
Advocates of free market capitalism are
staunch opponents of a mixed economy, even in the weaker form of the Third
Way. In 1990, after the dismantling of his
country's communist government, Czechoslovakia's finance minister, Václav Klaus, declared, "We want a market
economy without any adjectives. Any compromises with that will only fuzzy up the
problems we have. To pursue a so-called 'third way' is foolish. We had our
experience with this in the 1960s when we looked for a socialism with a human
face. It did not work, and we must be explicit that we are not aiming for a more
efficient version of a system that has failed. The market is indivisible; it
cannot be an instrument in the hands of central
planners."[40]
Left-wing opponents of the Third Way argue that
it represents social democrats who responded to the New Right by accepting
capitalism. The Third Way most commonly uses market mechanics and private
ownership of the means of production; and in that sense it is fundamentally
capitalistic.[41] In addition to opponents who have noticed this, other reviews
have claimed that Third Way social democrats adjusted to the political climate
since the 1980s that favoured capitalism by recognizing that outspoken
opposition to capitalism in these circumstances was politically nonviable, and
that accepting capitalism as the current powers that be and seeking to
administer it to challenge laissez-faire capitalists was a more pressing
immediate concern.[42]
Charles Clarke, a former UK Home Secretary
and the first senior "Blairite" to attack Prime Minister Gordon Brown openly and
in print, stated "We should discard the techniques of 'triangulation' and
'dividing lines' with the Conservatives, which lead to the not entirely
unjustified charge that we simply follow proposals from the Conservatives or the
right-wing media, to minimise differences and remove lines of attack against
us."[43]
William K. Black said that "Third Way is this
group that pretends sometimes to be center-left but is actually completely a
creation of Wall Street--it's run by Wall Street for Wall Street with this false
flag operation as if it were a center-left group. It's nothing of the
sort."
Czech Republic
Vaclav Klaus is
the president of the Czech Republic.
Note: Norman L. Eisen
is the U.S. ambassador for
the Czech Republic, and was a special
counsel to the president for the Barack Obama
administration.
Laurence A.
Steinhardt was the U.S.
ambassador for the Czech Republic, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(USSR).
Mikhail
Gorbachev was the president of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and is the founder of Green Cross
International.
Global Green
USA is the US affiliate for Green Cross
International.
Green Cross
International
Pat Mitchell is a
USA honorary board for Green Cross International.
Patricia E.
Mitchell is a board member for Global
Green USA, an honorary board for Green Cross International, a director at
the Acumen Fund, and a vice chair
for the Sundance
Institute.
David B. Heller
is a director at the Acumen Fund,
and a director at the Third
Way.
Michael E.
Novogratz is a director at the Acumen
Fund, and a trustee at the Third
Way.
Andrea Soros is a
director at the Acumen Fund, and
George Soros’s
daughter.
George Soros is
Andrea Soros’s father, the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society, was a member of the Democracy Alliance, a supporter for the
Center for American Progress, a
contributor for MoveOn.org, a
contributor for the American Bridge 21st
Century, and a supporter for America Coming
Together.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute, the Center for American Progress, Media Matters, the New America Foundation, the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank), the
International Rescue Committee,
the Robin Hood Foundation, and the
Harlem Children's
Zone.
Ted J. Trimpa is a
director at the Democracy
Alliance, and a trustee at the Third
Way.
Peter B. Lewis was
a contributor for the American Bridge 21st
Century, a supporter for America
Coming Together, is a director at the Center for American Progress, a donor for
Media Matters, a contributor for
MoveOn.org, and a trustee at the
Third
Way.
Robert R. Dyson
was a contributor for the American Bridge
21st Century, and is a trustee at the Third
Way.
Bernard L.
Schwartz was a funder & director for the New America Foundation, and a trustee at
the Third
Way.
William M. Daley
is a trustee at Third Way, a
member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama
administration.
Lester Crown is a
member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
James S. Crown is a
member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
William D.
Budinger is a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), married to Zoe Baird, and a trustee at Third
Way.
Zoe Baird is married to
William D. Budinger, an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), and was a partner at O'Melveny & Myers
LLP.
Thomas E.
Donilon was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a
partner at O'Melveny & Myers
LLP, the White House deputy national security adviser for the
Barack Obama administration, was a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008
Bilderberg conference participant
(think tank).
Kathleen Brown was
an attorney at O'Melveny & Myers
LLP, is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and Jerry
Brown’s sister.
Jerry Brown is
Kathleen Brown’s brother, and the
California state government
governor.
NRA-ILA (Jerry
Brown)
William T.
Coleman Jr. is a senior partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Ronald A. Klain
was a partner at O'Melveny & Myers
LLP, the chief of staff to the vice president for the Barack Obama administration, and is a
trustee at the Third
Way.
Reynold Levy was a
trustee at the Third Way, an
advisory board member for the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and is an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee.
Georgette F.
Bennett is a trustee at the Third
Way, and an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee.
Clifford S.
Asness is a director at the International
Rescue Committee, supported same-sex marriage in New
York, and a leadership council member for the
Robin Hood
Foundation.
Daniel S. Loeb
supported same-sex marriage in
New
York, and a trustee at the Third Way.
Emma Bloomberg
was a senior planning officer for the Robin
Hood Foundation, and is Michael R.
Bloomberg’s daughter.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood
Foundation, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, is Emma Bloomberg’s father, the New
York
(NY) mayor, and a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal
Guns.
NRA-ILA (Mayors Against Illegal
Guns)
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the
Robin Hood Foundation, the
Harlem Children's Zone, and the
Human Rights
Watch.
George Soros is the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a benefactor for
the Harlem Children's Zone, and a
benefactor for the Human Rights
Watch.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank), and the
Human Rights Watch.
Kirk A. Radke is a
director at the Atlantic Council of the
United
States (think tank), and a trustee
at the Third
Way.
Chas. W. Freeman
Jr. is a director at the Atlantic Council
of the United
States (think tank), and was the
National Intelligence Council chairman nominee for the Barack Obama
administration.
James L. Jones
Jr. is a director at the Atlantic Council
of the United
States (think tank), and was the
national security adviser for the Barack
Obama administration.
James B.
Steinberg is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United
States (think tank), and was the
deputy secretary of state for the Barack
Obama administration.
Ellen O. Tauscher
is a director at the Atlantic Council of the
United
States (think tank), and was the
State Department special envoy for the Barack
Obama administration.
Herbert M.
Allison Jr. is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United
States (think tank), and was the
assistant Treasury secretary for the Barack
Obama administration.
Susan E. Rice was a
director at the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think
tank), the former U.S. ambassador to UN for the
Barack Obama administration, and
is the White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama
administration.
Eric K. Shinseki
was a director at the Atlantic Council of the
United
States (think tank), and is the
veteran’s affairs secretary for the Barack
Obama administration.
Richard C.
Holbrooke was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), the special envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan for the Barack Obama administration, and married to
Kati
Marton.
Kati Marton was
married to Richard C. Holbrooke, a
director at the Human Rights
Watch, is a director at the New
America Foundation, and an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee.
George Soros was a
benefactor for the Human Rights
Watch, and is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, the New America Foundation, the International Rescue Committee, and the
Robin Hood
Foundation.
Georgette F.
Bennett is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and a
trustee at the Third
Way.
Clifford S.
Asness is a director at the International
Rescue Committee, supported same-sex marriage in New
York, and a leadership council member for the
Robin Hood
Foundation.
Daniel S. Loeb
supported same-sex marriage in
New
York, and a trustee at the Third Way.
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