"The progress of the last 40 years has been mostly cultural, culminating, the last couple of years, in the broad legalization of same-sex marriage. But by many other measures, especially economic, things have gotten worse, thanks to the establishment of neo-liberal principles β anti-unionism, deregulation, and intensified, unconscionable greed β that began with Richard Nixon and picked up steam under Ronald Reagan. Too many are suffering now because too few were fighting then."
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Is It Bad Enough Yet? (December 13, 2014) The New York Times.
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