Thursday, October 23, 2008
The History Hour
The Roman Revolution, and the crisis of Wall St. Capitalism in 2008
Jeanes is interested in the meaning of the vast changes signalled in the world economy by the actions of governments to save banks and the stock markets. He wonders what Karl Marx might think of it, and how it reflects on the question of socialist victory over capitalism as Marx predicted. No socialism is in sight in any rich nation on earth no matter the crisis. Rome in the late Republican era is looked at, and its fall from quasi-democracy to autocratic empire is introduced. Music by Sarah McLachlan.
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