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Economists have provided capitalists with a comforting concept called the free market. It does not describe any part of reality, at any place or time. It's a mantra conveniently invoked when it is proposed that government do something the faithful don't like, and just as conveniently ignored whenever they want government to do something for th

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Edward S. Herman
Age: 92 †
Born: 1925
Born: April 7
Died: 2017
Died: November 11
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