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The Ideological Crisis of Western Capitalism / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Project Syndicate, 6/07/2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/stiglitz140/EnglishJust a few years ago, a powerful ideology – the belief in free and  unfettered markets – brought the world to the brink of ruin. Even in its  hey-day, from the early 1980’s until 2007, American-style deregulated  capitalism brought greater material well-being only to the very richest  in the richest country of the world. Indeed, over the course of this  ideology’s 30-year ascendance, most Americans saw their incomes decline  or stagnate year after year...