The barbaric global, neo-liberal economic policies imposed by the U.S. via the IMF/World Bank as well as un-provoked military conquests for resorces and "cheap"(as in quasi-slave) labour(a.k.a. Iraq, Afghanistan and still counting) have its roots squarely in the neo-Puritan religious extremists with excessive and undue influence within the U.S. government.

See below for details for yourself-is this neo-liberalism or what?

Economics From the Religious Right
 http://www.theocracywatch.org/rr_economics.htm

If you're short on time you can get right to the point of things about neo-liberalism's Calvinist roots: