== Kritik ==
Den tredje vej er blevet kritiseret<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UMgUbiRLtOwC&pg=PA35&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Leisure, Sport and Tourism, Politics, Policy and Planning|author=A.J. Veal|year=2010|pages=34–35|access-date=26. marts 2015|archive-date= 4. juli 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704171659/http://books.google.com/books?id=UMgUbiRLtOwC&pg=PA35&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=ok}}</ref> af nogle [[konservative]] og [[Libertarianisme|libertarianere]], der går ind for [[laissez-faire]] kapitalisme.<ref name="Bashan, P. (5 November 2002). Is the Third War at a Dead End? ''Cato Institute''.">{{cite web|url=http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=4173|title=Bashan, P. (5 November 2002). Is the Third Way at a Dead End? ''Cato Institute''.|accessdate=2007-07-07|archive-date= 5. september 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050905071531/http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=4173|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Den er også blevet stærkt kritiseret af mange [[socialdemokrater]]e, [[Demokratisk socialisme|demokratiske socialister]] og [[kommunister]] som især et forræderi mod venstreorienterede værdier.<ref name="Bill-Black-TRNN-2013-03-31">[[William K. Black|Black, Bill]]. [http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=9976 Gender Wage Gap is Shrinking - Male Wages are Going Down] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709154500/http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=9976 |date= 9. juli 2017 }}, [[The Real News Network]], 2013.03.31</ref><ref name="Bill-Black-HuffPo-2013-01-10">[[William K. Black|Black, Bill]]. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-k-black/third-way-austerity_b_2448823.html "Third Way's" "Fresh Thinking": The EU Is Our Model for Austerity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211015017/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-k-black/third-way-austerity_b_2448823.html |date=11. februar 2017 }}, [[The Huffington Post]], 2013.01.10</ref><ref name="Bill-Black-AlterNet-2013-03-03">[[William K. Black|Black, Bill]]. [http://www.alternet.org/economy/seriously-new-york-times-calls-wall-street-front-group-center-left?akid=10276.215495.rFHl2T&rd=1&src=newsletter818889&t=11&paging=off Seriously? New York Times Calls Wall Street Front Group "Center-Left"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815131537/https://www.alternet.org/economy/seriously-new-york-times-calls-wall-street-front-group-center-left?akid=10276.215495.rFHl2T&rd=1&src=newsletter818889&t=11&paging=off |date=15. august 2018 }}, [[AlterNet]], 2013.03.03</ref>
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