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Capitalism: What Is It?
www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1008906741/capitalism-what-is-it
June 24, 202112:01 AM ET
By Rund Abdelfatah, Ramtin Arablouei,Jamie York, Julie Caine, Laine Kaplan-Levenson, Lawrence Wu, Darius Rafieyan, Victor Yvellez
58-Minute Listen
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Transcript
Capitalism is an economic system, but what do we really mean when we talk about capitalism? And how does it affect our lives?
Capitalism has become a sort of ideology, this all encompassing force that rules over our lives and our minds.
What do we mean when we talk about capitalism? Our economic system might seem inevitable, but it's a construction project hundreds of years in the making and no part of it is natural or left to chance. This week, we kick off our series on the past, present and future of capitalism with Kristen Ghodsee, Vivek Chibber and Bryan Caplan, who debate how an economic system became an all-encompassing force that rules our lives and our minds.
Editor's note: In this episode, we misidentify the gender of a nurse who left a voicemail. Jade is a man.
If you would like to read more about the guests:
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism by Kristen R. Ghodsee
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kristen-r-ghodsee/why-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism/9781568588896/?lens=nation-books
Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital by Vivek Chibber
www.versobooks.com/books/1158-postcolonial-theory-and-the-specter-of-capital
Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration by Bryan Caplan
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250316967