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We need to make clear that the economic crisis has to be matched by a crisis of ideas. That's the problem, right? The economic crisis is not matched by a crisis of ideas. That's where the war is going to be fought.
Henry Giroux
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Henry Giroux
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 18
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