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Confronting Power At The OECD
- Albena Azmanova recounts her OECD talk confronting ambassadors about capitalism's social and environmental harm.
- She describes a split between economic liberals and conservatives during the discussion and found the clash revealing.
Dissent Born From 'This Is Not Normal'
- Albena describes growing up in late communist Bulgaria and joining dissident movements while still identifying as a committed communist.
- She says dissent arose from sensing that daily reality diverged sharply from the regime's rhetoric of solidarity.
The Crisis Of The Crisis
- Azmanova diagnoses a 'crisis of the crisis' where capitalism's perpetual crisis-management becomes the new normal.
- She argues capitalism isn't existentially threatened but has normalized ongoing precarity across society.