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Danny welcomes political science professor Corey Robin to the show to discuss his review of Sven Beckert's Capitalism: A Global History and the "new history of capitalism" field. They talk about Beckert's take that capitalism originated among 12th-century Muslim merchant traders in Aden, the decentering of Europe and the US in his narrative, enslaved labor in his "capitalist utopias," the near-absence of class conflict in the book's story of capitalism's early years, and why capitalism, not ideology, is the better lens for the US-China rivalry today.
Read Corey’s piece for The Nation, “The Long Revolution.”
And check out Danny’s recent “Power Without Ideology” piece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
