The Road to Freedom
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We are a nation born from the conviction that people must be free. But since the middle of the last century, that idea has been co-opted. Forces on the political Right have justified exploitation by cloaking it in the rhetoric of freedom, leading to pharmaceutical companies freely overcharging for medication,…
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No one has wrestled more deeply with globalization than the Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz.
Here, he reveals how the shape of our modern world is colored by a mutant form of freedom that has captured society and the levers of power—the notion that individuals and businesses left to their own devices somehow maximize social good.
You don’t need a Nobel of your own to recognize how this fantasy has fallen short.
From Peter's list on globalization breaks down what happens next.
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