It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning, everyone.

On this summer Friday, we've put together and lightly edited some recent segments.

We think you'll find interesting, including a look at the history

of air conditioning. Has it gone from a productivity boost to a luxury to a human right? Also,

the reemergence of black lung disease with the push to revitalize the coal industry. Plus,

the always thought-provoking Elie Mistalal, Justice Correspondent for the Nation,

always sure to keep you awake.

He wrote a book naming 10 laws he once struck from the books.

But we start with 300 years of capitalism and its critics,

which we snuck into our 100-year centennial series.

Let's pick it up here. We will journey through the

history of capitalism through the eyes of some of its greatest critics. How did this economic

system originating in pre-industrial England take over nearly every corner of the globe?

Capitalism has presided over governments ruled by kings,

democratically elected officials, and fascist dictators alike. It's all encompassing,

yet seemingly always in crisis. Capitalism has become an identity, and opposing it is an identity

in its own right on yet another level. Many of you know John Cassidy from his pieces in The New Yorker,

but he's got a new book called Capitalism and Its Critics,

a history from the Industrial Revolution to AI.

In it, he charts the development of our current political economy

through the eyes of those who sought to change it.

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