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Resurrecting Countervailing Power (Why American capitalism is so rotten, Part 9)

What we must do

Robert Reich
Jan 19, 2024
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Friends,

Welcome back to our Friday series exploring why it’s become so difficult to achieve the common good under modern American capitalism.

As we’ve seen, the real challenge is political rather than economic. It’s impossible to reform our economic system without altering the allocation of political power that prevents such reform.

Today I’ll suggest h…

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