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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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The dot on my forehead: how we understand the crisis is part of the crisis - /The Rules

The dot on my forehead: how we understand the crisis is part of the crisis - /The Rules | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
It wasn’t long before I too learned to connect the dots. I learned to see that the austerity-induced Structural Adjustment Program of General Ibrahim Babangida in 1986, then lauded as an ingenious economic solution to Nigeria’s problems, was a creature of the IMF, the World Bank, and the Trojan sentiments of free trade.
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Henry A. Giroux | Authoritarianism, Class Warfare and the Advance of Neoliberal Austerity Policies

Henry A. Giroux | Authoritarianism, Class Warfare and the Advance of Neoliberal Austerity Policies | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Austerity measures represent the undercurrent of a new form of authoritarianism with allegiances only to power.
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