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Welcome to Season 6! In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad dissects a harsh reality: the American empire is falling and the signs of its decline are everywhere. High divorce rates, low wages and high unemployment, mass shootings, shortened lifespan, election denials, price gouging, and war are all side effects of this American decline. We are not the empire we once were. When will we wake up to this reality?
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Sources:
- Capitalism's failures: https://theintercept.com/2022/12/24/christmas-capitalism-covid-climate-change/
- Billionaires: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-covid-billionaires/?sref=xuVirdpv&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
- China: https://cepr.net/china-is-the-worlds-largest-economy-get-over-it/
- Ukraine: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/the-war-in-ukraine-and-latin-america-reluctant-support