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Sven Beckert on a Global History of Capitalism

Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast by Jessica Levy

Jan 4, 202639:55Society & Culture

Popular histories tend to locate capitalism's origins in Europe, only later moving outward to other parts of the globe. Not so says historian Sven Beckert. Capitalism, he argues, was born global, forged through the conne...

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Sven Beckert on a Global History of Capitalism is an episode from Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast by Jessica Levy. Popular histories tend to locate capitalism's origins in Europe, only later moving outward to other parts o...

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Published Jan 4, 2026, 39:55 long, audio available.