A Crash Course in Capitalism and Socialism
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A Crash Course in Capitalism and Socialism

Unclear on how capitalism and/or socialism got started? John Green provides a 12-minute crash course that answers how we got from the British East India Company to iPhones and from Karl Marx to Swedish-style socialism.

Warning: Green’s style and digressions can be a bit grating, but overall the material is worth watching. (I’d also recommend increasing YouTube’s speed setting to 1.5 or 2 for faster viewing.)

Joe Carter

Joe Carter is a senior writer for The Gospel Coalition, author of The Life and Faith Field Guide for Parents, the editor of the NIV Lifehacks Bible, and coauthor of How to Argue Like Jesus: Learning Persuasion from History’s Greatest Communicator. He also serves as an associate pastor at McLean Bible Church in Arlington, Va.