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Podcast: Open to Debate
Episode: #174 - Is Capitalism a Blessing?
Description: Capitalism has always had its critics. But now, a new generation of political leaders, scholars, and activists are calling the free-market system into question. Has capitalism been a force for good? And should it be the economic model of the future?FOR THE MOTION:John Mackey - Co-Founder & CEO, Whole Foods MarketKatherine Mangu-Ward - Editor-in-Chief, ReasonAGAINST THE MOTION:Bhaskar Sunkara - Founding Editor, JacobinRichard D. Wolff - Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst<...