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Synopsis Under total capitalism the free market is the supreme value to which not just national sovereignty and civil liberties, but all public and private life, are increasingly subordinated-- to the point where the distinction between public and private is transformed into a useful fiction. Public transport, education, health care, social services, scientific research, telecommunications, broadcasting, publishing, pensions, foreign aid, land use, water, the public infrastructure, the arts, and public policy-making itself 'increasingly entrusted to private sector personnel seconded into government ministries': all become subject to market-driven policy-making in the name of 'efficiency', and are treated more and more as fields for profitable private investment rather than as means to a better society.  The three essays in this book are about the arrival and implications of total capitalism, its politics, economics and ethics, and span a decade of work by the author.