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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson

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The Global Financial Crisis

I suppose one can think about it in two ways The broad context and the historical moment. I was brought up in a family of refugees two people who met in London during the Second World War as refugees from Europe from Hitler's Europe They would never have met without Adolf Hitler so I exist as a product of the Second World war. My parents were clearly foreigners though they managed well in this country but my wider families which contained 40 or 50 aunts, uncles and cousins were all killed in the Holocaust. Over time I came to the conclusion that economics had enormous amount to do with the stability of our society with the politics of our society and the values of it so I've had a long

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