Carolina QuotesThe meltdown of 2008 was a wasted crisis... because the homeowners were not bailed out. The financial sector was bailed out, the banks... the bankers... but... 8 million homeowners were thrown out of their homes.
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- A Progressive View on the Need for a Paradigm Shift in Economics (Dec 2020)
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- 2020
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