According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, „In the United States, liberalism is associated with the welfare-state policies of the New Deal program of the Democratic administration of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, whereas in Europe it is more commonly associated with a commitment to limited government and laissez-faire economic policies.“
Consequently in America, the ideas of individualism and laissez-faire economics previously associated with classical liberalism, became the basis for the emerging school of libertarian thought.
zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism#cite_ref-12
„Profesionálové“ výše uvedené vědí, ale obávám se, že většina politiků a bohužel i někteří novináři nikoli. Stojí tedy za to, si to občas připomenout.