Neo-liberal gets thrown around as an epithet in American politics, which no doubt helps my confusion. “Neoconservative” is similar inasmuch as I’m no longer sure what exactly it means either :). Originally it referred to Republicans who favored aggressive and interventionist American foreign policy a la the Project for the New American Century, while remaining somewhere between relaxed and mercenary on social and economic issues. Now it seems mainly used as “conservative politicians and policies I don’t like”.
