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Should We Democratize the Economy?

Posted May 6th, 2008 by Steve Anderson

There is no real public discussion either in the media or by presidential candidates to make the changes necessary to democratize the economy. We have seen a general move to an increasingly regressive tax system in the past 30 or 40 years in the US and Europe. Public boards should make corporations and banks more accountable. Watch the interview with Leo Panitch.

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