Free market ideology may still bind the imaginations of our elites, but for most of the general public, it… — Naomi Klein
Free market ideology may still bind the imaginations of our elites, but for most of the general public, it has been drained of its powers to persuade. The disastrous track record of the past three decades of neoliberal policy is simply too apparent. p. 154
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