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The Aftermath: America's Late-Stage Capitalism

The Alarmist

The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with historian and Professor of History at SUNY Purchase, Dr. Jessica Levy about all things Capitalism. Host of the Podcast WHO MAKES CENTS: A History of Capitalism, Professor Levy does a meticulous job of walking us through the many contributing factors to Capitalism's origins and what it looks like in modern American society. Afterward, Producer Clayton Early and Fact Checker Chris Smith take it all in and revisit the board with Rebecca.

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0:00.0

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0:16.7

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0:22.1

And here he goes, original.

0:25.2

Each week we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy.

0:29.5

And each week you tell us if we got it right.

0:33.6

My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith and this is The Aftermath.

0:40.0

Hey everyone, thanks to Tuni and to this episode of The Aftermath.

0:43.2

Today we're speaking with guest expert Dr. Jessica Levy.

0:46.8

Dr. Levy is a historian of capitalism, racism and politics.

0:51.4

She's an assistant professor of history at SUNY Purchase

0:55.2

and the host of Who Makes Sense, a history of capitalism podcast.

1:00.0

Let's hear what she has to say about capitalism.

1:04.0

Dr. Levy, hi, thank you so much for joining us today.

1:07.2

Hi, it's a pleasure to be here.

1:09.2

So on our podcast, we look at history's greatest tragedies and figure out who's to blame and

1:15.2

quite often we find ourselves blaming capitalism.

1:19.1

So whether it's corporations or lack of regulation or companies cutting corners and profits over

1:27.1

people and in this episode we were trying to figure out who's to blame for capitalism itself

1:32.4

and we're focusing specifically on America's late stage capitalism.

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