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One of the lessons of history is that even the deepest crises can be moments of opportunity. They bring ideas from the margins into the mainstream.

Geoff Mulgan

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Geoff Mulgan
Age: 64
Born: 1961
Born: January 1
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All real capitalisms are impure hybrids, mongrels mixed with other strains.
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Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats promote their welfare deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.
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