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Neoliberalism on life support?
As the Mont Pelerin Society approaches its 75th anniversary this year, socialists and trade unionists need to start thinking about how to bring an end to the dead hand of free-market economics, says DOUG NICHOLLS
Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher and deputy leader William Whitelaw during a Conservative Group for Europe Press conference at the Tory Central Office
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The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
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APRIL this year marks the 75th anniversary of the first meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society. This was convened by the infamous economist Friedrich von Hayek, who wanted to bring together a range of thinkers to oppose the advance of socialism and social democracy.
Few will recognise any names of members of this illustrious gang, except perhaps its founder Hayek or Milton Friedman, Thatcher’s economic butler-in-chief.
But the global elites know them well and have honoured at least nine of them with Nobel prizes in economics.
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