What about a political vision in which the individual is respected as a separate, rational, self-responsible person who finds value voluntarily choosing (or not) to engage with others personally, culturally, or commercially?

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The first is Facebook, the second Apple - and these wild gyrations in their value will do nothing to convince sceptics that there is anything rational about stock markets.

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