Sven Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University. His most recent book is Capitalism: A Global History.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Sven Beckert explore the origins of capitalism, how this triggered the Industrial Revolution, and whether today we’re in late stage capitalism.

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