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Hello and welcome to Behind the News.

My name is Doug Hinwood.

The regulation double-headed today,

Clara Matei will talk about the deep affinities

between neoclassical economics and fascism.

An Edwin Ackerman will look at the politics of Mexico's

president known academically as Amlo.

The years just after World War I get less attention

than they probably should.

As my first guest, Clara Matei argues,

they saw now forgotten upsurge in worker militancy

in both Britain and Italy,

which led to a savage crackdown in both countries.

On first glance,

pairing Britain and Italy as case studies

as she does in her book The Capital Order

might seem odd.

The first was nearing its end as the world's

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