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	Back to the 60s

jwagstaff

12-17-2007 2:35 AM

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nyt, poverty, new york

jwagstaff says:

More and more I feel we're wandering, dazed, back to the 1960s as we slowly wake up to the fact that capitalism stretches the fabric of society top to bottom. Here's a piece from NYT's Richard Bernstein

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