Hello and welcome to another episode of A World To It. This week I'm speaking to brilliant

Marxist intellectual John Bellamy Foster who is a professor of sociology at the University

of Oregon and editor of the monthly review. We talk about John's work developing Marxist

theory of ecology and the relationship between man and nature, as well as the ongoing relevance

of the theory of monopoly capital for explaining trends like the financialisation of nature and

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Hello John Bellamy Foster. Thank you so much for joining me on this episode of a world

to win. How are you today? I'm very good. I'm happy to be here. Yeah, we're very happy

to have you. So I mean, let's just get straight into it. I want to start by asking you about

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