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hermetic

a new hermetic jargon sprang up

—p.118 The courage to be audacious (117) by Robert Misik
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archaisms

the irruption of archaisms in the West's postmodern societies

—p.113 Politics in the age of resentment: the dark legacy of the Enlightenment (104) by Pankaj Mishra
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New Labour staked everything on financialization

[...] Blair and Gordon Brown staked everything on financialization. Deregulation of the credit market would allow even the poor to take part in the asset-price bubble. The booming finance industry would generate high tax revenues, which would be redistributed to the working class through welfare pa…

—p.94 Overcoming the fear of freedom (88) by Paul Mason
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the structural transformation of neoliberalism

Neoliberalism unleashed numerous structural transformations. The principal ones were: the offshoring of productive industries; the restructuring of corporations into a 'value chain' of smaller companies; cutting taxes to shrink the state; the privatization of public services; and the financializati…

—p.91 Overcoming the fear of freedom (88) by Paul Mason