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Capitalism’s most dangerous enemies are on the right

The far left can’t win without the aid of callous, complacent conservatism

22 August 2015

9:00 AM

22 August 2015

9:00 AM

Friends of capitalism feared that the events since 2007 — the financial collapses, bailouts, deficits and austerity — would produce a massive swing to the left, but it hasn’t happened. Voters have consistently chosen sensible, middle-of-the-road parties that undertook to steady the ship rather than sail in completely different directions.

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