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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?
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 30: Beyond this Horizon (Part 2)
Episode 582: Mark Twain: Following the Equator (Part 3)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 29: Beyond this Horizon (Part 1)
Episode 581: Mark Twain: Following the Equator (Part 2)
Episode 580: Mark Twain: Following the Equator (Part 1)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 28: Elsewhen
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 27: And He Built a Crooked House
Episode 579: Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad (Part 4, Conclusion)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 26: By His Bootstraps
Episode 578: Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad (Part 3)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 25: Sixth Column (Part 2)
Episode 577: Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad (Part 2)
Episode 576: Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad (Part 1)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 24: Sixth Column (Part 1)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 23: Lost Legacy
Episode 575: Mark Twain: The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (Part 4)
Episode 574: Mark Twain: The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (Part 3)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 22: Methuselah’s Children (part 3)
Episode 573: Mark Twain: The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (Part 2)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Methuselah’s Children (Part 2)
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