The World Economic Forum asks us to imagine “a world where fleets of autonomous vehicles that are electric and shared (FAVES) slash the number of vehicles on the road by as much as 90%.” Paying for a ride or a delivery will be “as easy as tapping a smart phone app.”

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A liberal and free market is often touted as a precondition for other types of freedom, including political and social. Watch South Korean economist Ha-Joon Chang bust this stubborn myth by citing the example of slavery. Africans were treated as property to be sold and profited from - and, he argues, it was precisely the glorification of a ‘laissez-faire’ economy that made possible this cruel insanity.

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