“During the boom, Chile’s economic gains had been privatized; now, in the crunch, the country’s losses were socialized.” — Nancy MacLean Copy Share Image
“Koch believed that what the famed economist Joseph Schumpeter called "creative destruction" was so critical to the health of the capitalist system that empathy… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
Most Americans believe in fairness; we believe that people should work hard but there should be a safety net. We believe in saving the… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
Privatization radically alters power relations in our society by weakening groups like public employees and public school teachers. — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
“Its leaders had no scruples about enlisting white supremacy to achieve capital supremacy.” — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
“By 1860, two of every three of the relatively few Americans whose wealth surpassed $100,000 lived below the Mason-Dixon Line. New York at that… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
“Urging Koch on in his chosen vocation was something else as well: his belief that his own growing financial success as one of the… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
“Instead, he was mapping a social contract based on “unremitting coercive bargaining” in which individuals treated one another as instruments toward their own ends,… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
“Public interest has been subordinated to private interest, and when there is no clear distinction between them, it opens the door to endless opportunities… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
The first thing I'd say is stop paying such attention to Trump's tweets. They're a total distraction. I think we should instead be carefully… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
“[James M. Buchanan] directed hostility toward college students, public employees, recipients of any kind of government assistance, and liberal intellectuals. His intellectual lineage went… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
“Do we want to live in a cosmetically updated version of midcentury Virginia, in a country that so elevates property rights as to paralyze… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
“During the boom, Chile’s economic gains had been privatized; now, in the crunch, the country’s losses were socialized.” — Nancy MacLean Copy Share
