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Freedom For Sale: How We Made Money and Lost Our Liberty
John Kampfner
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Description for Freedom For Sale: How We Made Money and Lost Our Liberty
Paperback. From the acclaimed author of BLAIR'S WARS comes a devastating new insight into how the power and democratic values of the West are under threat. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214. Good copy
Why do so many people around the world appear willing to give up freedoms in return for security or prosperity? For the past 60 years it had been assumed that capitalism was intertwined with liberal democracy. But what happens when both are undermined?
Governments globally have drawn up a new pact with their peoples: repression is confined to the few who openly challenge the status quo. The rest of the population can enjoy freedom to live more or less as they wish, and to make and spend their money. This is the difference between public freedoms and private ... Read more
Why do so many people around the world appear willing to give up freedoms in return for security or prosperity? For the past 60 years it had been assumed that capitalism was intertwined with liberal democracy. But what happens when both are undermined?
Governments globally have drawn up a new pact with their peoples: repression is confined to the few who openly challenge the status quo. The rest of the population can enjoy freedom to live more or less as they wish, and to make and spend their money. This is the difference between public freedoms and private ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781416526049
SKU
KEX0305437
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Ref
99-1
About John Kampfner
John Kampfner is the author of three previous books including a biography of Robin Cook and the acclaimed BLAIR'S WARS, a devastating survey of the Prime Minister's foreign policy. He lives in London.
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