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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 510: Sinclair Lewis: Main Street (1)
Episode 509: The American Civil War (14): Fredericksburg
Episode 508: The American Civil War (13): Emancipation, General McClellan, and the Battle of Cornith
Episode 507: The American Civil War (12): Antietam
Episode 506: The American Civil War (11): The Second Battle of Bull Run
Episode 505: The American Civil War (10): The Seven Days Battle
Episode 504: The American Civil War (9): Shiloh
Episode 503: The American Civil War (8): Fall of Fort Donaldson
Episode 502: The American Civil War (7): The Winter of 1861
Episode 501: The American Civil War (6): The Battle of Wilson’s Creek
Episode 500: The American Civil War (5): The First Battle of Bull Run
Episode 499: The American Civil War (4): Mobilization
Episode 498: The American Civil War (3): Fort Sumter
Episode 497: The American Civil War (2): Secession
Episode 496: The American Civil War (1): The Aftermath of the 1860 Election
Episode 495: Neal Stephenson: The Baroque Cycle (Final Thoughts)
Episode 494: Neal Stephenson: The System of the World (3)
Episode 493: Neal Stephenson: The System of the World (2)
Episode 492: Neal Stephenson: The System of the World (1)
Episode 491: Neal Stephenson: Currency (3)
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