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Rethinking Environmental Narratives: The Untold Successes and Challenges of Socialist Regimes with Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro

Feb 15, 2024
Dr. Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro challenges myths about environmental management in socialist regimes, highlighting success stories overshadowed by bias. From Soviet conservation to China's struggles, the podcast explores achievements in emissions and biodiversity. It reveals the role of global manufacturing, ethical quandaries, and calls for reevaluation of critiques. The conversation covers diverse topics such as environmental catastrophes, growth complexities, challenges of socialist influences, workers' representation, addressing contradictions in the US, comparisons with capitalist countries, and the influence of socialist regimes on East Asian developmental models.
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