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Episode 159: Missing the Marx

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Marx's Theory of History

John Sutter: It seems to me that Marx simply didn't understand the nature of capital. He sees capitalism as an evolutionary stage in human development, he says. But it's not the full step in the direction he wants to go, writes Sutter. "If you look at his entire career, it's a pattern of year after year identifying what looks like it might be the fomenting event"

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