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Sep 2023
28m 45s

Blame Capitalism: Souring on the system

Vox
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Capitalism has entered its villain era. In a new series running Fridays this month, we look at how Americans came to blame it for just about everything. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Herman with original music by Jon Ehrens, and hosted by Noel King. Addit ... Show More
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