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Christopher Pollard

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How the neoliberalism of ‘Hayek’s Bastards’ changed the world – and fuelled the rise of the populist right

When the Cold War came to an end, neoliberals appealed to nature in order to justify inequality.

12.08.2025 50

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Christopher Pollard

Is inequality a natural phenomenon? Thomas Piketty argues it isn’t – and proposes a way forward

Thomas Piketty’s Nature, Culture, and Inequality is a little book that addresses an issue of great significance: is the social inequality we...

18.11.2024 20

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Christopher Pollard

A ‘superficial’ and ‘misguided’ version of freedom has captured the American right. Joseph Stiglitz considers the alternatives

“Freedom is a core human value,” writes Joseph Stiglitz in his new book The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society. “But many of freedom’s...

15.09.2024 2

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Christopher Pollard