In an engaging story, economist Wendy Carlin recognizes the disconnect between economics education and the real world. She struggled to explain the financial crisis to her students and realized the need for a new approach. Wendy writes a textbook to teach economics with relevance to the last 30 years. She highlights the defining characteristics of capitalism: private property, market exchange, and capitalist firms.
Capitalism has entered its villain era. In a new series running Fridays this month, we look at how Americans came to blame it for just about everything.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Herman with original music by Jon Ehrens, and hosted by Noel King. Additional editorial support from Avishay Artsy, Jolie Myers, and Miranda Kennedy.
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