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Democracy cannot survive an excessively free market; and containing the market is the task of politics.
-- Robert Kuttner (NYRB (Dec 2017))⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RobertKuttner #FreeMarket #Politics
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico
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Democracy cannot survive an excessively free market; and containing the market is the task of politics.
-- Robert Kuttner (NYRB (Dec 2017)) -
Democracy cannot survive an excessively free market; and containing the market is the task of politics.
-- Robert Kuttner (NYRB (Dec 2017))⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RobertKuttner #FreeMarket #Politics
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Protest #MarchForOurLives #Florida
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"The hopeful news is that there has been something of a return to genuine mass membership groups, promoted by a new wave of on-the-ground organizing." #RobertKuttner https://prospect.org/power/2024-07-30-lefts-fragile-foundations/
// you are not going to build a world better for all on a foundation of charity from the very rich
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IGuVQM6SNo
#RobertKuttner on How #JDVance Disguise His Anti-Worker Views as Economic Populism
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CW: Long thread/6
As #RobertKuttner writes for #TheAmericanProspect, this latest rhetorical assault on Social Security is timed to coincide with the ascension of the GOP House's new Speaker, #MikeJohnson, who makes no secret of his intention to destroy Social Security:
https://prospect.org/economy/2023-10-31-debunking-latest-attack-social-security/
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In his #AmericanProspect editorial, "What Comes After Neoliberalism?", #RobertKuttner declares "we’ve just about won the battle of ideas. Reality has been a helpful ally...Neoliberalism has been a splendid success for the top 1 percent, and an abject failure for everyone else":
https://prospect.org/economy/2023-03-28-what-comes-after-neoliberalism/
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CW: Politics and leftist views
Quote of the day “Corporations, though creations of the democratic state, are said by neoliberal theorists to have no reciprocal responsibility to communities or employees, only to shareholders.”
Robert Kuttner, “Fee Markets, Besieged Citizens” NYRB vol 69, no12 (21 July 2022),p12
#democracy #FreeMarkets #RobertKuttner #neoliberalism #community #SocialResponsibility