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'On Bullsh*t' and the Pundit Industrial Complex [TEASER]

If Books Could Kill

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The Disconnected Data Points of American Capitalism

Peter Bergen: The premise of this is that despite the haters and naysayers, American capitalism has continued to be a resounding success. He cites an Atlantic piece by Jean Twenge who says households headed by millennials are making more money than previous generations did. Bergen: All these data points are very disconnected from the actual critiques of American capitalism which he never like tackles directly.

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