Carolina Quotes[I]n 2016. ...Trump ...said ...this is a good economy ...tremendous, we've never had it so good... but... people do not kill themselves [or kill strangers] to the extent of 150,000 people per annum in a good economy. You've got to generate a lot of despair in order to do that...
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- A Progressive View on the Need for a Paradigm Shift in Economics (Dec 2020)
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