![]() ![]() Many writers have pointed to the havoc and ruin that have accompanied the imposition of free markets across the world. Yet, while the Marxist faith in central planning is now confined to a few dingy sects, a quasi-religious belief in free markets continues to shape the policies of governments. ![]() ![]() Soviet-style economies left an inheritance of human and ecological devastation, while neo-liberal policies have had results that are not radically dissimilar in many countries. Lenin believed that it was in conditions of catastrophic upheaval that humanity advances most rapidly, and the idea that economic progress can be achieved through the devastation of entire societies has been a key part of the neo-liberal cult of the free market. Over the past few decades, many of the ideas of the far left have found new homes on the right. ![]()
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