Episode 47: Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Part 9/10)

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time) by Evan Lampe

Jun 28, 202638:58Arts

In this penultimate part of my review of Sven Beckert's Capitalism: A Global History looks at the golden age of capitalism in the West, the period from 1945-1970s. What ever happened to the "Affluent Society"? Maybe we w...

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