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George Soros on market fundamentalism

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“The misconception is what I call market fundamentalism, that markets tend towards equilibrium, the deviations from equilibrium are random, and that markets correct their own excesses. And that market fundamentalism became the dominant creed, I think, with President Reagan in 1980, with Margaret Thatcher came to power at the same time, and that actually was the basis of the current phase of globalization.”

George Soros
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On , George Soros, Founder of Open Society Foundations at Open Society Foundations, spoke about market fundamentalism during State of Financial Markets George Soros. on Archivo Geopolitico.

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MAY 7, 2008. State of Financial Markets. George Soros talked about domestic and international financial markets, and the impact ...
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Founder of Open Society Foundations · Open Society Foundations

In a 2010 interview with Chrystia Freeland, George Soros discussed global disorder and the fragility of European institutions. He argued that the European Union, which he described as the embodiment of an "open society," had been transformed by the euro crisis from a voluntary association of equals into a hierarchical structure of creditors and debtors. Soros also characterized Russia under Vladimir Putin as resembling inter-war Germany, calling it "nationalistic and based on resentment," and said the Putin regime's primary interest was preserving itself in power and maximizing rents. Soros stated that sanctions alone were insufficient to address the situation in Ukraine, as they reinforced Putin's narrative of Western hostility. He advocated for a strategy combining sanctions with effective assistance to Ukraine, arguing that a flourishing Ukraine could serve as a role model for people under Putin's domination and eventually bring about change in Russia.

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