Frances J. Stewart Quotes
Capitalist, democratic states put the emphasis on the private sector, which doesn't always deliver on social goods.
Frances J. Stewart, Director of Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (England), Quoted in New York Times, March 1, 2003
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