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Apr 2024
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This time no mistakes

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
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Contributor(s): Will Hutton | Will Hutton's new book, This Time No Mistakes explores the errors of the last forty-five years as an attempt to create the utopia of free markets and a minimal state. This event is part of LSE’s free public events programme. Everyone is welcome to join us at our central London campus, or on a live stream from home, to hear from ... Show More
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