Six economic myths that well-being economies seek to address
The failures of free market fundamentalism and neoliberalism are based on a series of flawed economic assumptions. There is another way.
By Paul C Sutton
FREE market fundamentalism is failing us ecologically, economically, socially, and politically.
Free markets do not clean up oil spills, address climate change, or create public goods like libraries, lighthouses, and weather satellites. Rather, they are recognised as the remit of government.
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