Capitalism, Consumer Activism & Free Enterprise History | Prof. Larry Glickman - Cornell (Ep. 20)

Cornell historian, Larry Glickman, explains that capitalism isn't a fixed system, but an idea that Americans have continually reinvented. Glickman is the author of Free Enterprise: An American History  and Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America. Glickman recommends: The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward Baptist, The Incorporation of America, by Alan Trachtenberg, The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy, by Suzanne Mettler, "Why I Am Not a Conservative" by F.A. Hayek, The Marketplace of RevolutionHow Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence by T.H. Breen, and Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery by Seth Rockman.