Tony Benn Quotes About Capitalism
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The nature of the economic system should be a matter for public choice, and free market capitalism should not be accepted without any discussion of the rich variety of alternatives ... Unlike civil laws, economic laws are imposed on people with all the authority of immutable laws of nature. But the economy is created by people, supported by government intervention, regulation, statute and subsidy, and implemented in such a way that it gives substantial wealth and power to a privileged few, while the majority face a life of relentless work, stress and periodic financial insecurity.
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We are paying a heavy political price for 20 years in which, as a party, we have played down our criticism of capitalism and soft-peddled our advocacy of socialism
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We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.
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Tony Benn
- Born: April 3, 1925
- Died: March 14, 2014
- Occupation: Former Member of the European Parliament
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