Tag Archives: free market

Hedges: The nature of neoliberalism and its consequences, with Wendy Brown

November 17, 2021 · by · in Activism, capitalist system, Civil Liberties, Education, Racism · 2 Comments

“In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West.” How we find ourselves in our present state of an antidemocratic state.

Chris Hedges | Marx: The System is the Problem

July 31, 2015 · by · in Corporations/Capitalism, Environment, Militarism

The end of capitalism? Marx’s analysis and the current economy.

Chris Hedges: Suffering? Well, You Deserve It

March 9, 2014 · by · in corporate empire, Education, International Economy, U.S. Economy · 1 Comment

“The free market norm assumes a frictionless exchange which maximizes everyone’s well-being,” he said. “The existence of … coercive instruments, such as the prisons and the enormous military, makes you think that the theory is not all it is purported to be. There is a gap between what it pretends to be and what it […]