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On Crises of Capitalism
Great video detailing explanations for why the financial crisis happened. Big hat tip to the Pragmatic Capitalist. I like this first aspect of the video and I LOVE the drawings. Very cool.
Of course, you know that you’re going to get another view which the author of the video says is the right one. He expounds on that in the second half of the video. And that view is….
Interesting stuff.
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