In this episode we discuss the ideas of one of the greatest thinkers of modern times, Karl Marx, who was also called as the Rousseau of 19th century.

Worth listening on its own this episode will help you see many underlying patterns in today’s world.

Socialism as a though rose due to inaction of middle class to provide lower classes any representation. It gained strength after industrial revolution, that created a separate labor class.

Both Russia and Japan adopted a very specific model of indistrialization that led to some interesting consequences in the history. We discuss both in this episode.

As Britain underwent an industrial revolution, nations around the world prepared to industrialize to compete with the cheaper British products. We discuss the challenges and factors that supported the industrialization of USA and Germany.

We discuss the social, political, cultural, and economic impact of Industrial Revolution in Britain. We also discuss the demands of Middle Class and Lower Class and how the British parliament responded to these demands.

We discuss the reasons for industrial revolution in Britain and why it did not happen in some other nations of Europe.

We discuss the destructive impact of nationalism and look at the formation of the new nations from the declining ottoman empire. European countries wanted to benefit from this decline and that competition will sow the seeds of WWI.

In this episode, we discuss the unification of Germany and the factors that played a significant role. We discuss the role of Otto Von Bismarck in the unification and its impact on the politics of Europe.

We discuss the challenges in the process of unification, the ideas that provided impetus for unification, and the personalities that played a major role in it.

In this episode, we discuss the European revolts of the 1820s, 1830s, and 1848, which impacted all the regions in Western, Central, and Eastern Europe in different ways and produced some interesting long-term consequences.