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Article: Erosion of Support for Free Market System: Global Poll
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 15, 2008
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Steven Kull of the Program on International Policy
Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland, +1-202-232-7500
Supporters of Free Market Look for Strong Government Regulation
COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Majorities
in most countries continue to support the free market system, but
over the last two years support has eroded in 10 of 18 countries
regularly polled by GlobeScan. In several countries this drop in
support has been quite sharp.
The latest polling was completed before the current stock market
volatility that began earlier this year.
Back in 2005 only one country polled -- France -- had more
citizens disagreeing than ...