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Lecture VII: The One Who Withholds | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

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Girard's Reading of Capitalism

The modern western economy is the first civilization that has learned to use memetic rivalry positively. Girard's reading of capitalism, as driven by spirit instead of reason and appetite, explains a whole host of behavior puzzling to classical economics. And even if China's rise will make most in the US have absolutely more material goods, spirit is what drives capitalism.

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