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Doing Business

Posted inBusiness, News/Politics

The new shock doctrine: ‘Doing Business’ with the World Bank

Jason Hickel by Jason Hickel 4 April 2014

One of the problems with neoliberal economic policy is that it’s tough to get countries to agree to it; especially democratic ones. It has often required quite extreme measures, such as invasion — the classic example being the US-backed coup against Chile’s democratically elected president — or debt bondage and structural adjustment led by the […]

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