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From the Ted Talk by Abigail Disney: Dignity isn't a privilege. It's a worker's right

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______ Friedman's pivotal op-ed in the "New York Times" was followed by decades of concerted organizing and lobbying by business-focused _________ along with a sustained assault on every law and regulation that had once held businesses' worst impulses in check. And soon enough, this new mindset had taken hold across every business school and across every sector. Profits were to be pursued by any means necessary, unions were __________, taxes were slashed, and with the same _______, so was the ______ net.

Solution

  1. milton
  2. safety
  3. activists
  4. machete
  5. kneecapped

Original Text

Milton Friedman's pivotal op-ed in the "New York Times" was followed by decades of concerted organizing and lobbying by business-focused activists along with a sustained assault on every law and regulation that had once held businesses' worst impulses in check. And soon enough, this new mindset had taken hold across every business school and across every sector. Profits were to be pursued by any means necessary, unions were kneecapped, taxes were slashed, and with the same machete, so was the safety net.

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Important Words

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  31. york