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Democracy or Capitalism? The Two Don’t Mix.

Season 2 Episode 204 | 26m 46s

Is the West’s experiment with social democracy over? Is survival of the richest our fate? In this episode, sisters Laura and Bloomberg’s Stephanie Flanders hold their annual check-in, this time from St. James Park in London, to delve into the details of the many politico-economic issues dominating and driving the news.

Aired: 04/04/25 | Expires: 04/04/26
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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Angela Davis talks Palestine, elections, our carceral state and collective liberation.
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Bloomberg's Stephanie Flanders shares what we should look out for this election year.
How can reformers counter the rhetoric around crime and migration to advance alternatives?
Corporate greenwashing has hijacked Earth Day but the ideas behind the holiday are urgent.
Artist Ai Weiwei discusses how we keep the doors of our minds open to possibility
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