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Clare wrote that Ghostbusters embraces the free market in the aftermath of American financial despair in the 1970s, particularly in New York City that led to films set in a gritty, collapsing, crime-ridden, and failed New York, such as Taxi Driver (1976), The Warriors (1979), and Escape from New York (1981). [165] Ghostbusters was created at the beginning of an economic recovery that Clare described as "pure capitalism", focused on the privatization and deregulation to allow the private sector to supplant the government. [156] The necessity of the mayor outsourcing the ghost problem mirrors the real New York government ceding vast areas of real estate to corporations to stimulate renewal. [166] The use of capitalism can be further seen in how Ray, tasked to empty his mind, is incapable of recalling anything but a consumerist mascot; in another example, Dana's refrigerator, which stores consumerist icons, is where she witnesses Zuul. [167] Inequality, immigrants, and pollution [ edit ] Ghostbusters". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019 . Retrieved January 14, 2019. Labrecque, Jeff (June 5, 2014). " Ghostbusters gets the call for theatrical re-release". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019 . Retrieved June 28, 2019. Larson, Randall D. (1985). "Elmer Bernstein and Ghostbusters". CinemaScore: The Film Music Journal. No.13/14. United States. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019 . Retrieved September 29, 2019. Ghostbusters: THR's 1984 Review". The Hollywood Reporter. November 11, 2014. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019 . Retrieved August 14, 2019.

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