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Shifting Paradigms of Thought and Power

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Alejandro Bendaña argues that a shift in paradigm is required away from the free market. He asks if we are brave enough to call ourselves collectively and individually to moral and social accountability. And to acknowledge that it is our failure to act and speak up that leads to the escalating inequalities, poverty and oppression of today.

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  1. See for example the text and contributions of the Forum for the Cross-evaluation of Proposals for a Responsible, Plural and United World (http://propalliance.delibera.info.gb)

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Bendaña, A. Shifting Paradigms of Thought and Power. Development 47, 22–26 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100001

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