Historian of American capitalism Professor Eli Cook joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about capitalism. Who invented capitalism? Do corporations have more power than governments? How would life in the U.S. look if it wasn’t a capitalist society? Answers to these questions and many more await on Capitalism Support.
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00:00 - Capitalism Support
00:10 - Capitalism: Eat, sleep, monetize, repeat
00:53 - The new, meaner, form of capitalism
01:32 - The invisible hand has a lot to answer for
02:27 - Trickle-down economics or corporate greed?
03:58 - Capitalism vs. communism vs. socialism
05:14 - China’s GDP target? Yes.
07:04 - Hell on earth
07:28 - Capitalism 🤝 socialism
08:28 - Corporatocracy
09:14 - Is the state working for the capitalists?
10:42 - Error 404: Ethical billionaire not found
11:54 - Conquering poverty at $9.99 a time
12:52 - AI just gave the invisible hand a faster keyboard
14:16 - The sloppiness of capitalism
14:56 - Free market means free to exploit, right?
15:48 - The American Dream is just a throwback
17:05 - Monopoly: Great game, terrible economic model
19:06 - America wasn’t always like this…
20:24 - Nothing says 'sustainable future' like quarterly profit projections
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