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In part 2 of my review of ROUGHING IT by Mark Twain, I find some of the most important commentary and observations on the betrayals at the heart of the ideology of democratic capitalism, and clues as to why the West was so quickly tamed by capital, big business, and government (later the military-industrial complex). Is there any future to an economy built on speculation?
Episode 649: Richard Wright: The Outsider (Part 5 Decision)
Episode 647: Richard Wright: The Outsider (Part 4 Despair)
Episode 646: Richard Wright: The Outsider (Part 3 Descent)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 81: The Door Into Summer
Episode 645: Richard Wright: The Outsider (Part 2 Dream)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 80: Citizen of the Galaxy
Episode 644: Richard Wright: The Outsider (Part 1: Dread)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 80: Double Star
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 79: A Time for the Stars (Part 2)
Episode 643: Richard Wright: Black Boy (American Hunger), Part 3/3
Episode 642: Richard Wright: Black Boy (Part 2)
Robert A. Heinlein: Episode 78: Time for the Stars (Part 1)
Episode 641: Richard Wright: Black Boy (American Hunger), Part 1
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 77: Tunnel in the Sky (Part 2)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 76: Tunnel in the Sky (Part 1)
Episode 640: Richard Wright: Native Son (Part 4/4, Conclusion)
Episode 639: Richard Wright: Native Son (Flight-Fate, Part 3/4)
Robert A. Heinlein: Episode 75: The Star Beast (Part 2)
Episode 638: Richard Wright: Native Son (Part 2, Flight)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 74: The Star Beast (Part 1)
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