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What’s the role of government in society? What do we mean when we talk about individual responsibility? What makes us free? ‘Neoliberalism’ might feel like a squishy term that’s hard to define and understand. But this ideology, founded by a group of men in the Swiss Alps, is a political project that has dominated our economic system for decades. In the name of free market fundamentals, the forces behind neoliberalism act like an invisible hand, shaping almost every aspect of our lives. This episode originally ran as “Capitalism: What Makes Us Free?”

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