Jan 18

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“Free Market” Economics is a Disaster; Just Ask a Chilean

After fifty years of forced unfettered capitalism — influenced by Milton Friedman himself — Chile is finally writing a new constitution

Shockingly few people on this planet know what America did to Chile in the early seventies — especially not Americans. That series of events…

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“Free Market” Economics is a Disaster; Just Ask a Chilean

After fifty years of forced unfettered capitalism — influenced by Milton Friedman himself — Chile is finally writing a new constitution

More from Mitchell Peterson

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Various Job Opportunities at SHDEPHA Kahama

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Chinese student to be deported from US over ‘disturbing’ behavior, buying high-powered guns

Both President Trump and Biden have expanded the illegal US sanctions on Cuba

Croatia: success in saving lives, will there be a success in saving the economy?

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