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portlander23

(2,078 posts)
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 01:04 PM Sep 2015

Robert Reich: Free Markets don't exist in nature, they're created by government

Ring of Fire: Robert Reich: End Upward Pre-Distributions

Economics professor and former Secretary of Labor during the Clinton administration, Robert Reich argues that the neutral, free American market is a myth. It’s supposed to work for the American people, but the “free” market is regulated by federal officials who are controlled by Wall Street and large corporations.


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Robert Reich: Free Markets don't exist in nature, they're created by government (Original Post) portlander23 Sep 2015 OP
Reich and Krugman are great but I dae Sep 2015 #1
. libodem Oct 2015 #2
Reich is right, there is no da*n free market in nature- appalachiablue Oct 2015 #3

dae

(3,396 posts)
1. Reich and Krugman are great but I
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 02:29 PM
Sep 2015

sure would like a Molly Ivins in the mix. Sorry, just being nostalgic.
Thx for posting.

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