General
Saturday’s good reading and listening for the weekend
What people in other forums are saying about public policy
The US election
Beware of Trumps to come
“Unless Biden fights big money, he could pave the way for someone even worse than Trump”.
That’s how George Monbiot introduces his article Monster Makers – a warning that unless Biden confronts neoliberalism, which has so badly damaged his country, he will simply be paving the way for a monster worse than Trump.
Neoliberalism disenchants politics by sucking the power out of people’s votes. When governments abandon their ambition to change social outcomes or deliver social justice, politics become irrelevant to people’s lives. It is perceived as the chatter…
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