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Old Normal vs New: From 1980s Neoliberalism to the ‘Great Reset’
Old Normal vs New: From 1980s Neoliberalism to the ‘Great Reset’
Many people waste no time in referring to this as some kind of ‘Marxist’ or ‘communist’ takeover of the planet because a tiny elite will be dictating policies. This has nothing to do with Marxism. An authoritarian capitalist elite – supported by their political technocrats – aims to secure even greater control of the global economy. It will no longer be a (loosely labelled) ‘capitalism’ based on ‘free’ markets and competition (not that those concepts ever really withstood proper scrutiny).
Viral Inequality: From Jeff Bezos to the struggle of Indian Farmers
BILLIONAIRES HAVE PROFITED ENORMOUSLY FROM LOCKDOWN, WHILST MEGA CORPORATIONS ARE BUYING OUT AND SHUTTING DOWN INDEPENDENT STORES AND FARMS.
Viral Inequality: From Jeff Bezos to the struggle of Indian Farmers
Tech Under Pressure After Parler Goes Dark, Twitter Drops
Foreign investors pile back into booming China
Foreign investors pile back into booming China
That shift could support China’s longer-term plans to expand domestic consumption and gradually liberalise foreign involvement in its industries even after it has cracked down on some of its biggest conglomerates and the outward capital flows they fuelled over the past decade.
Official data shows that foreign direct investment in China rose in October for the seventh straight month, jumping 18 per cent year on year to Rmb81.9bn ($11.8bn).
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 