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"Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of the market and democracy."
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"As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue."
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"But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living."
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