Looking for a game to play over the holidays? Why not try the real world global economy? Too late, you’re already playing it!
In this episode, we use Immanuel Wallerstein’s World-Systems Analysis as our instruction manual to the game of colonization and exploitation. We explore how dominant countries rise and fall, the dance between capitalism and the state, and the unexpected truth about what real power looks like.
Join us for a deep dive into empires, markets, mafias, and everyone’s favorite Monopoly piece: the thimble. Macro-economics has never been this entertaining and fun for the whole family.
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CREDITS
Additional Writer ... Weslie Lechner
Voice Acting ... Patrick Boylan and Weslie Lechner
CITATIONS
World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction [book] by Immanuel Wallerstein (2004)
The Emergence of France [article] by Gabriel Fournier and John Frederick Drinkwater (2024)
The secret history of Monopoly: the capitalist board game's leftwing origins [article] by Mary Pilon (2015)
Music: Celestial Soda Pop
By: Ray Lynch
From the album: Deep Breakfast
Courtesy Ray Lynch Productions © Ⓟ 1984/BMI
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