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Screenwriter PAUL LAVERTY talks to Dan Nolan about his work on a new film with Ken Loach which takes the ideological brainwashing of the free market to task
Screenwriter Paul Laverty (right) with director Ken Loach [eOne Entertainment]

“DID you see that article in the Financial Times?” Paul Laverty asks me. “They’re really, really worried. There’s such gross inequalities now, the whole thing is going to collapse.

“And they want a benign, humane capitalism. As if [Amazon CEO] Jeff Bezos gives one flying fuck. You know, he’s monitoring people’s behaviour — eight seconds to move every single item. Do you think he gives one single toss? No.”

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