We have a booming global economy but we don't have a global society. Markets reduce everything, including human beings and nature, to commodities. Societies need more than this to prosper - such goals as political freedom and social justice. (George Soros)

We have a booming global economy but we don't have a global society. Markets reduce everything, including human beings and nature, to commodities. Societies need more than this to prosper - such goals as political freedom and social justice.

George Soros

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