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marmar

(77,081 posts) Wed Dec 18, 2013, 11:38 PM Dec 2013

Thom Hartmann/Richard Wolff: Chileans have Rejected Reaganomics - How About Us?

Published on Dec 17, 2013

Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy at Work, joins Thom Hartmann. Chile has just elected a new president - and believe it or not - there's a lot she could teach politicians here in the U.S. about how to run a country.

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Thom Hartmann/Richard Wolff: Chileans have Rejected Reaganomics - How About Us? (Original Post) marmar Dec 2013 OP

The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Dec 2013 #1

Heaven Forbid - You Mean We Don't Have To Live Under The Corporate Thumb - Who Knew cantbeserious Dec 2013 #2

Chicago school style, Friedman economics was forced on Chile by the Cleita Dec 2013 #3

K&R woo me with science Dec 2013 #4

cantbeserious

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1. The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us

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Wed Dec 18, 2013, 11:38 PM

Dec 2013

eom

cantbeserious

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2. Heaven Forbid - You Mean We Don't Have To Live Under The Corporate Thumb - Who Knew

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Wed Dec 18, 2013, 11:39 PM

Dec 2013

eom

Cleita

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3. Chicago school style, Friedman economics was forced on Chile by the

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2013, 12:00 AM

Dec 2013

brutal Pinochet dictatorship brought to that country via the coup enabled courtesy of Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon. That being said, Chile served as the petrie dish that proved it doesn't work.

woo me with science

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4. K&R

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Thu Dec 19, 2013, 12:03 AM

Dec 2013

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