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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 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)
Episode 637: Richard Wright: Native Son (Part 1, Fear)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 73: Project: Nightmare
Episode 626: Richard Wright: Uncle Tom's Children (Part 2)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 72: Sky-Lift
Episode 625: Richard Wright: Uncle Tom's Children (Part 1)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 71: Starman Jones (Part 2)
Episode 624: Richard Wright: Lawd Today (Part 2)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 70: Starman Jones (Part 1)
Episode 623: Richard Wright: Lawd Today!
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 69: The Year of the Jackpot
Episode 622: W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America (Part 7)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 68: The Rolling Stones (Part 2)
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