The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of soc…

Kofi Annan
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The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take ✨ Kofi A. Annan (2015). We the Peoples: A UN for the Twenty-First Century, p.64, Routledge
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The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take ✨ Kofi A. Annan (2015). We the Peoples: A UN for the Twenty-First Century, p.64, Routledge

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