THE GRAVEST CRIME Paolo Barnard.pdf

An unexpected bonanza…………… page
(The fall of the Soviet Empire - Shock Therapy in full swing: the case of the former Yugoslavia - European
Neomercantilism triumphs - The case of Italy as a model for the rest of Europe: from a populist Centre-Right to a
Neoliberal Left in no time.)

Some beautiful finishing touches…………… page
(Hoodwink the Left: how progressives fell for Deficit Hysteria - A mirage to trap and paralyze: the rise of Money
Manager Capitalism and Pension Fund Capitalism; sudden bubbles and duped savers - Click yourself into
inaction: the birth of Cliktivism, and the completion of Lippmann’s dream to sideline the “meddlesome
outsiders”.)

Cashing in…………… page
(The ploy-induced private debt boom - A financial bubble visible from space - The deceptions - The final burst:
winners and losers - The ploy induced Spiral of Forced Economic Deflation - The deceptions: the Neomercantile
triumph - Private bets, public ruin: holding nations to ransom - The privatizations scam: winners and losers, the
looting of public assets - GATS: a frightening future.)

Beyond the wildest imagination…………… page
(The ploy taken to an extreme in the EU, crucial differences with the US - Obscure titles, colossal shifts in
democracy and power: the EU political and financial Neoliberal coup d’état - Making Good Deficit Spending
illegal - The diktats of two Neoliberal giants shape the EU’s future.)

… and all the pieces of the puzzle will fall into place…………… page
(Interpreting contemporary social and economic developments: two possibilities - Orwellian scenarios for the
Third Millennium - Making plausible the unimaginable - Why aren’t we rebelling?)

A call to action…………… page
(A lesson from the savannah - The inability of both ordinary people and of the progressives to comprehend, let
alone stop, the ploy: our hypothesis to explain it - A wake up call: spreading MMT - The rationale for this Primer)

Conclusions…………… page

References…………… page

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