"Imagine if the people of the Soviet Union had never heard of communism. The ideology that dominates our lives has, for most of us, no name. Mention it in conversation and you’ll be rewarded with a shrug. Even if your listeners have heard the term before, they will struggle to define it. Neoliberalism: do you know what it is?"
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George Monbiot, Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems, 15 April 2016. The Guardian.
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