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25 June 2001
Filed under:Uncategorized at12:08 pm

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Filed under:Current Affairs (World) at10:35 am

A well-considered critique of the new anti-capitalistsThe chief economics commentator of the FT tackles the superficially appealling politics of Noreena Hertz. She (among others) claims corporations are more powerful than politicians and thanks to them we face an eroding tax base and crumbling public services, as our elected representatives kowtow to business. But tax is not decreasing and governments frequently stand up to corporations on many issues…