Comic: The Cult of Market Fundamentalism

The first step of confronting a problem is to name it. “Market fundamentalism,” a term I picked up from George Lakoff, should be a catchphrase on the tips of everyone’s lips. It has become THE defining force — paired with racism — of Americans’ economic lives. Pundits and Democratic politicians should be throwing this concept around, ridiculing it like the joke it is. Instead, we’re fixated on the right-wing term “political correctness,” which blinds us to the real problems facing America. Swap these two out and you change the playing field.