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PoliEdPod 1: Marx and Political Economy (Introduction to Class Unity #1)

Class Unity

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The Material Inevitability of Capitalism

Corn is at the point where Mark says, you know, it's produced below its new cost of production. I think what this creates is perverse incentives. And no one can compete. Like that corn country jammed into the middle of our country supports, not supports in a capital sense, but feeds entire countries. It has this incredibly distorting effect on everything that touches on the health of American citizens and every other country on the planet.

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