“…In this moment of crisis, a new generation of wealthy mythmakers, masquerading as progressive thinkers, has emerged to reinvent the free market as the solution to society’s problems. With Oprah rallying the poor to bootstrap their way into the middle class; Sheryl Sandberg calling on women to “lean in” to the unequal demands of a sexist world; and Bill and Melinda Gates offering the generosity of the 1 percent as the solution to a persistent, systemic inequality, the new prophets of capital buttress the exploitative system, even as the cracks grow more visible."…”

“…Richard Dunphy examines the Left parties' views on how to build an "alternative Europe" that goes beyond free market capitalism."…”

“…The 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers challenged many economists' deepest assumptions about free markets. Rodrik reveals that economists' model toolkit is much richer than these free-market models. …”

“…Given the dominance of global capitalism and free-market ideologies, decarbonisation is dependent on creating carbon markets and engaging powerful actors in the world of business and finance. …”

“…In 1986, the Vietnamese government embarked on a path of reform known as ‘doi moi’, or the new way. Free market policies were adopted, money was borrowed from the IMF, state owned industries were sold and public health and education were decimated. …”

“…First, the economy has shifted from an industrial base to a white collar/service base which includes more women workers than ever before--yet many of the safety and health problems that affect women are not being adequately addressed. Second, free market ideology and globalization have served to undermine worker safety and health laws. …”

“…He proposes innovative, free-market adjustments to our economic system and social policies to avoid an extended period of social turmoil. …”

“…This is a story of a battle - the battle between the propaganda type of economy and the free market economy, a battle between the ideological communist society and the enterpreneur spirit. …”

“…Retrospective data from the SHARELIFE survey are used to reconstruct labour market experiences across the threshold of the socio-economic transformation from a centrally planned to a free market economy in Poland. These individual experiences are matched with outcomes observed in the survey about 20 years later to examine their correlation with unemployment at the time of the transition. …”

“…Mattick argues that the economic downturn can best be understood within the context of business cycles, which are unavoidable in a free-market economy. He uses this explanation as a springboard for exploring the nature of our capitalist society and its prospects for the future."…”

“…"When Europe was Western Europe and socially rather cohesive, the question of economic integration through free market exchanges for labour, commodities and services was not a major problem. …”

“…Based on a flawed understanding of macroeconomic fundamentals, groupthink extols the virtues of the erroneous concept of the self-regulating free market and prevents Europe from seeing its own policy failures. …”

“…She dismisses the notion that the free market can solve debilitating environmental degradation and climate change as nothing more than a political ghost emptied of its collective aspirations. …”

“…In the process, he draws on scholarship from industrial relations, law, political science, moral philosophy, theology, psychology, sociology, and economics, and advances debates over free markets, globalization, human rights, and ethics. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Assessment and mood of GDR demonstrations, Kohl on GDR-FRG relations <br/>- Blockade against Azerbaijan lifted <br/>- Solidarity cadres start to flood positions of power in Poland <br/>- USSR: no price freezes, no free market <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) general assembly <br/>- Parliamentary committees in session: constitution, constitutional court, presidential elections <br/>- Zoltán Gál visits Romanian refugee camp <br/>- Computer viruses reach Hungary <br/>- Model hospital in Vác Külpolitika: <br/>- Az NDK-tüntetések mérlege, hangulata, Kohl az NDK-NSZK viszonyról <br/>- Megszűnt a blokád Azerbajdzsánban <br/>- Megkezdődött a Szolidaritás-káderek beáramlása a hatalmi csúcsba Lengyelországban <br/>- A SZU-ban nem fagyasztják be az árakat és nem szabadítják fel a piacot <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- MSZP nagygyűlés <br/>- Országgyűlési bizottságok ülései: alkotmány, alkotmánybíróság, köztársasági elnökválasztás <br/>- Gál Zoltán romániai menekültek táborába látogat <br/>- Magyarországot is elérte a számítógépvírus <br/>- A váci mintakórház…”

“…An authoritative account of the predictable dangers of free market fundamentalism and the foundations of progressive capitalism, People, Power, and Profits shows us an America in crisis, but also lights a path through this challenging time."…”

“…DEFINE THE FOLLOWING: • FREE MARKET • PRIVATISATION • DEREGULATION • DELICENSING • SUBSIDY CUTS • DEVALUATION • LIBERALISATION • NGO • AUSTERITY • REDEPLOYMENT. * AUSTERITY: What poor people get (‘for their own good’) from structural adjustment programme designed by the World Bank and the IMF staff over subsidised lunches. * MARKET FRIENDLY: Measures taken to make Third World Markets ‘friendly’ to First World traders and investors but not vice versa. * REDEPLOYMENT: The transfer of workers from one activity to no activity. * REINSERTION: The process of welcoming a country back to the international financial community so it can be penetrated and then screwed again. * LABOUR MARKET RIGIDITIES: What minimum wage levels are called just before they are lowered. * STABILISATION: What IMF doctors do to countries desperate for money so that the World Bank surgeons can adjust their internal organs. …”