George Soros: I’m a passionate critic of market fundamentalism | Letter
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George Soros responds to a Guardian article about him by Daniel Bessner
Daniel Bessner has written a thorough and insightful examination of my philosophy and actions over a lifetime (How George Soros thinks, The long read, 6 July) but his assessment itself suffers from a fatal flaw - a set of mistaken assumptions about the beliefs and convictions underpinning that philosophy and those actions.
Bessner says I believe "in a necessary connection between capitalism and cosmopolitanism" and that I believe "a free society depends on free (albeit regulated) markets". He further asserts that my "class position made [me] unable to advocate the root-and-branch reforms necessary to bring about the world [I desire]".
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