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'The Big Myth' unpacks truth of free markets and the U.S. government

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Harvard professor and author Naomi Oreskes talks about her book “The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market,” which she co-authored with Erik M. Conway.

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