Introduction

Eugene McCarr is a Professor of Humanities in History at Villanova. He's the author most recently of 2019's The Enchantments of Mammon, How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity. Peter Momsen: We're living in this moment where capitalism is in question again around the world. Is it seriously threatened? Eugene McCarr: I do think it is, though that doesn't necessarily mean that I think it's going to collapse next week or next month or even in the next few decades.