What can America learn from Venezuela? How should we think about socialism and capitalism? Tune in this week as Manu sits down with economist and Venezuelan immigrant Daniel Di Martino to answer this question. In this episode we dive into socialism, globalization, the immigration crisis and much more.

Episode #16 GUEST: Meet Daniel Di Martino economist and founder of the Dissident Project.

Daniel Di Martino’s INFO:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danieldimartino/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielDiMartino

Website: https://www.danieldimartino.com/

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OUTLINE: 

0:00 Intro

0:45 Socialism/fascism 

5:05 Introducing Daniel DiMartino/the migrant crisis

9:15 What happened to the Venezuelan dream? 

10:45 What is a Socialism

15:00 Democratic Socialism 

17:20 Northern Europe 

21:50 Economics of immigration 

24:50 Daniel’s patriotism/leaving Venezuela 

27:15 What motivated Venezuelan socialism 

29:50 Resentment towards wealth in America

32:00 Globalization 

39:00 Trade deficit 

43:00 Free trade 

45:55 Trade wars and American farming 

48:00 Education 

49:12 The American Dream 

52:50 Finding purpose 

54:20 Why?

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