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#174 - Is Capitalism a Blessing?
FromOpen to Debate
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Nov 29, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Capitalism has always had its critics. But now, a new generation of political leaders, scholars, and activists are calling the free-market system into question. Has capitalism been a force for good? And should it be the economic model of the future?
FOR THE MOTION:
John Mackey - Co-Founder & CEO, Whole Foods Market
Katherine Mangu-Ward - Editor-in-Chief, Reason
AGAINST THE MOTION:
Bhaskar Sunkara - Founding Editor, Jacobin
Richard D. Wolff - Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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FOR THE MOTION:
John Mackey - Co-Founder & CEO, Whole Foods Market
Katherine Mangu-Ward - Editor-in-Chief, Reason
AGAINST THE MOTION:
Bhaskar Sunkara - Founding Editor, Jacobin
Richard D. Wolff - Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Released:
Nov 29, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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