Episode 147 – Was Karl Marx Right?
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05/16/2018
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We continue on from episode 146 with a discussion on courtroom attire, migration numbers in Europe and the prescience of Karl Marx. Yanis Varoufakis: Marx predicted our present crisis – and points the way out
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