October 2005 (UTC) 

  
 My suggestion - from a Non-American, as requested.  
 # Write about the economy first, not about the economic policies as now. 
 # Push the first paragraph - about policies to the end, perhaps to another subsection under "Economy".  
 # Do not use the term "neo-liberal".  As a non-American, when I read the term, I only get the impression that I am seeing a private family dispute using secret codewords.  
 # The last sentence of the current first para: "The United States falls behind most industrialised nations in terms of social welfare and its social safety net." does not belong there. The issue of poverty, social problems etc. should have a paragraph of its own. The only reason why it would belong there is if you are drawing a link between the abandonment of Keynesian policies and the supposed decline in social welfare and social spending. If you are, that link should be made explicit. 
 # Finally, the "Previously" is misleading. It should be made more exact and the history previous to that should also get a sentence of its own. 
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