But in no democracy has the political shift against the free market been as stark as in Britain. The obvious implication was that the free market had created the opposite. One clue as to why Britain fell out of love with the free market is in the tone now adopted by its defenders. In 2010, as Brown’s government ended and Cameron’s began, Westminster was suddenly crowded with competing critiques of the free market. “It’s when growth returns that people get angry.” What did he think of the Conservatives’ apparent break with the free market?

Source: The Guardian August 04, 2017 04:52 UTC