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ALT In most of today’s economics, freedom is supposed to come from consumer choice. “Free to choose” is the slogan Milton Friedman printed on his bestselling and period-defining book. Here, freedom is market freedom. You can choose to buy a thing or not. You can choose to be a cook or a professor. Sounds nice, but it misses the basics: If you cannot afford the essentials of life, there is not much choice or freedom left. An anti-fascist economics strives for “Free to live” instead. — Anti-Fascist Economics, by economist Isabella Weber Listen to her full Broadbent Institute chat on Anti-Fascist Economics with Avi Lewis perspectivesjournal.ca/anti-fascist-economics Perspectives Journal Isabella Weber delivering the 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture. Cover of 'Anti-Fascist Economics'

ALT “For Brazilian Sovereignty and Solidarity with its People” Delegates of the 2026 Panamerican Congress at the Mercosur Parliament in Montevideo, Uruguay. We parliamentarians and members of the Panamerican Congress, address the peoples and parliaments of the Americas ahead of the second round of Brazil’s presidential election, to be held on 25 October. We raise our voices against the growing foreign interference and the unlawful use of coercive measures that threaten the sovereign right of the Brazilian people to determine their own future freely. Full Statement Read the full statement and see the list of signatories at broadbentinstitute.ca/sovereign-brazil Broadbent Institute - Panamerican Congress