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The Free-market Family by Maxine Eichner
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JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
Re-releases from Iain Matthews, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The Charlie Daniels Band
JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
IN THE current Black Lives Matter crisis, this book offers key insights into the conditions of black and working-class families in the US.
Focusing on the US’s grinding culture of overwork, job insecurity and absence of basic levels of support, it shows the astonishing disparities created by free-market policies.
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