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James has an MA in philosophy and political theory, and currently works as a policy researcher for a London-based charity.

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An interview with Joseph Stiglitz in yesterday’s Independent gave me cause to think of the 2003 documentary, The Corporation.  Stiglitz, when asked whether it was a good idea to cut the public deficit even by a token amount to “appease” the markets, said:
“I’ve always been sceptical about the notion that the market is a person [...]

A combination of aggressive, violent policing, and a complicit press, sees that the curtailment of civil liberties and stifling of freedom of speech goes unchecked