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IS CAPITALISM AT A BREAKING POINT?

NEW FRONTIERS – ONE

Global capitalism has raised millions out of poverty. Yet it has also created growing inequalities between the rich and the poor, and put the environment under pressure. Is Capitalism at a breaking point? And if yes: What might replace it?

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