UK capitalism’s real scandal is what’s tolerated

UK capitalism’s real scandal is what’s tolerated
Lionel Barrymore as Henry Potter in the 1948 Frank Capra classic It's a Wonderful Life. The movie's Pottersville is a fable for what happens when a society forgets the values of community. (Image: Wikipedia)
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By Matthew BrookerThe dark chuckles from colleagues should have been a warning. Late last year, I returned to London after three decades in Asia and wrote about how glad I was to be here. It elicited a less-than-laudatory reaction in some quarters. Give it a few months, I was told. The implication was that it was only a matter of time until I sank to the default level of misery of the local populace.I’m still an optimist. It’s refreshing to live in a country that continues to prize the liberal values of freedom of speech and de...

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