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In reply to the discussion: Joseph Stiglitz : The end of neoliberalism and the rebirth of history [View all]appalachiablue
(41,204 posts)have been conditioned for 40 years, esp. by corporate media to believe in the free market as all, taxes are bad, regulations are limiting and unions are passe. Prior to the 1980s and Reagan, most people didn't have credit cards or invest in the stock market, they had decent paying jobs with benefits and pensions instead.
For many it will be difficult to accept the issues Stiglitz emphasizes and the con job. Plenty have seen the light but opposition is fierce esp. since the financial crisis of 2008. Look at the blowback from the GOP and some centrists over Warren's plan for taxes and Medicare for All. ('Denmark' Donny Deutsch)
Here's to clearing a new path for strengthening democracy and economics; bravo Joe Stiglitz for laying it out so well.