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Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
22 days ago
LISTEN: Capitalism hasn't always looked the way it does today. It's evolved dramatically over a millennium, and its global expansion changed the world. Sven Beckert tracks the sweep of capitalism through an historic lens in this Epicenter podcast with Senthil Nathan.
https://loom.ly/0hnIr1U
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University of Basel | Social Sciences
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Save the Date! «Kapitalismus. Geschichte einer Weltrevolution» – Buchgespräch über das neue Werk von Sven Beckert (Harvard) mit Matthias Leanza 🗓 14. Juli 2026, 18:15 Uhr 📍 Veranstaltungssaal der Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg Mehr Informationen:
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Geschichte und Gesellschaft
5 days ago
In
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schreiben Historiker:innen Geschichte(n) über soziale, politische, ökonomische und kulturelle Phänomene. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Darstellung und Analyse des gesellschaftlichen Wandels. Gibt es ein Thema, dem Sie einen Aufsatz - oder gar ein ganzes Heft - widmen möchten?
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Geschichte und Gesellschaft
5 days ago
Schicken Sie uns gerne Ihr Themenheft-Exposé oder Ihr freies Manuskript zu. Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Beiträge zu
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! Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter:
www.geschichte.uni-konstanz.de/reichardt/ge...
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Manuskripte | Geschichte und Gesellschaft | Professur für Zeitgeschichte - Prof. Dr. Sven Reichardt | Arbeitsgruppen | Forschung | Fach Geschichte
https://www.geschichte.uni-konstanz.de/reichardt/geschichte-und-gesellschaft/manuskripte/
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If in Amsterdam, come join me tomorrow, Thursday, for a lecture on Capitalism: A Global History at the IISH.
posthumusconference.org/keynote-2026/
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Keynote – Professor Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
We are pleased to inform you that Professor Sven Beckert will deliver the keynote lecture at the Posthumus Conference 2026. Professor Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University. ...
https://posthumusconference.org/keynote-2026/
6 days ago
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If in Florence, join me for today's (Tuesday's) talk at the EUI at Villa Schifanoia. 3PM.
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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Why the global history of capitalism matters
No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisively as capitalism.
https://www.eui.eu/events?id=587171
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Naechsten Dienstag kommt Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution ins Brecht Haus nach Berlin.
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Programm | Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus
https://lfbrecht.de/event/wie-laesst-sich-die-geschichte-des-kapitalismus-erzaehlen/
23 days ago
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If in Berlin on May 5, join me for this event on Capitalism: A Global History. (auf Deutsch...)
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Programm | Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus
https://lfbrecht.de/event/wie-laesst-sich-die-geschichte-des-kapitalismus-erzaehlen/
about 1 month ago
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Thank you Jeremy Adelman for this thoughtful read of Capitalism: A Global History
www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/why-...
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Why Capitalism Persists
How tensions and resistance can drive reinvention.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/why-capitalism-persists-adelman
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Thank you Jeremy Adelman for this thoughtful read of Capitalism: A Global History
www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/why-...
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Why Capitalism Persists
How tensions and resistance can drive reinvention.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/why-capitalism-persists-adelman
30 days ago
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If in Berlin on May 5, join me for this event on Capitalism: A Global History. (auf Deutsch...)
lfbrecht.de/event/wie-la...
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Programm | Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus
https://lfbrecht.de/event/wie-laesst-sich-die-geschichte-des-kapitalismus-erzaehlen/
about 1 month ago
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Koen Haegens
about 1 month ago
Voor iedereen die (net als ik) een beetje verward is over waar het heen gaat met de wereldeconomie: ik sprak met historicus Sven Beckert, die wijze inzichten biedt in het verleden én de toekomst van het kapitalisme
www.groene.nl/artikel/het-...
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Volgens Harvard-historicus Sven Beckert keert de wereld terug naar een ouderwets soort kolonialisme
Ons kapitalisme zit midden in een regime change, zegt Harvard-historicus Sven Beckert. Wie zich verdiept in de geschiedenis van dit ‘bizarre’ economische systeem, kan volgens hem heel wat voorbarige t...
https://www.groene.nl/artikel/het-succes-van-de-rechtse-populisten-is-niet-in-steen-gebeiteld?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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De Groene Amsterdammer
about 1 month ago
Ons kapitalisme zit midden in een 'regime change', zegt Harvard-historicus Sven Beckert. Wie zich verdiept in de geschiedenis van dit ‘bizarre’ economische systeem, kan volgens hem heel wat voorbarige toekomstvoorspellingen doorprikken. 👉
www.groene.nl/artikel/het-...
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Manisha Sinha
about 1 month ago
Historian here so
#OAH26
is a wrap! Wonderful to hear brilliant scholars and hang out with great friends. Our panel was packed and the highlight for me was receiving the Presidents Book prize from
@shgape.bsky.social
for
#theriseandfallofthesecondamericanrepublic
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Δύτης των νιπτήρων
about 1 month ago
Sven Beckert, ένας από τους σημαντικότερους σύγχρονους ιστορικούς. Δυστυχώς όταν λέμε global history το μυαλό πάει σε κάτι Χαράρι.
jacobin.com/2026/04/capi...
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Capitalism Had a Beginning and Will Someday End
Historian Sven Beckert on where the capitalist system came from, what keeps it alive, and what it would take to bring it down.
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/capitalism-history-coercion-europe-beckert
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A. Bean
about 1 month ago
Took me almost 3 months to finish all 1076 page of this and it was worth every second. One of the best history books I've have ever read. Feels like its genuinely reworked my understanding of the past and present.
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Serdar Güneş
about 1 month ago
Capitalism Had a Beginning and Will Someday End Historian Sven Beckert on where the capitalist system came from, what keeps it alive, and what it would take to bring it down. Interview with Sven Beckert
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Capitalism Had a Beginning and Will Someday End
Historian Sven Beckert on where the capitalist system came from, what keeps it alive, and what it would take to bring it down.
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/capitalism-history-coercion-europe-beckert
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Capitalism Had a Beginning and Will Someday End
Historian Sven Beckert on where the capitalist system came from, what keeps it alive, and what it would take to bring it down.
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/capitalism-history-coercion-europe-beckert
about 1 month ago
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Der Kapitalismus war schon immer ein globaler Prozess
Sven Beckert ist einer der renommiertesten Historiker unserer Zeit. Im Interview spricht er über sein neues Buch, eine Globalgeschichte des Kapitalismus, und darüber, warum er dieses Wirtschaftssystem...
https://jacobin.de/artikel/kapitalismus-weltrevolution-geschichte-beckert-brenner-handel-globalisierung
about 1 month ago
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Surplus | Das Wirtschaftsmagazin
about 1 month ago
Den Kapitalismus kann man aus historischer Perspektive besser verstehen, als aus ökonomischer – sagt Harvard-Professor Sven Beckert im Interview.
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Harvard-Historiker: »Kapitalismus bedeutet permanente Revolution«
Den Kapitalismus kann man aus historischer Perspektive besser verstehen, als aus ökonomischer – sagt Harvard-Professor Sven Beckert im Interview.
https://www.surplusmagazin.de/harvard-historiker-kapitalismus-revolution-geschichte/
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Today!
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https://mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/event/sven-beckert-capitalism-global-history?occ_id=0#
about 1 month ago
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Felicia Gottmann 📚🌻🇪🇺
about 1 month ago
Finally got
@svenbeckert.bsky.social
’s latest. It’s huge in many ways. A book you can win any argument with. Not just because it’s a brilliant global history of capitalism (though it is). Also because, should all else fail, you can hit your opponent over the head with it & instantly knock them out.
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If in Nashville this Friday, come join me for a talk on Capitalism: A Global History.
about 1 month ago
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If in Nashville this Friday, come join me for a talk on Capitalism: A Global History.
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German Historical Institute Washington
about 1 month ago
New CFP: “The Violent 1950s: Towards a New History of the Global ‘Postwar’ Decade,”conference in Washington in Feb. 2027, deadline for proposals Friday, June 12
www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
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Event – GHI Washington
https://www.ghi-dc.org/events/event/date/the-violent-1950s-towards-a-new-history-of-the-global-postwar-decade
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TV Χωρίς Σύνορα
about 1 month ago
Καπιταλισμός / Ό,τι αρχίζει, κάποτε τελειώνει – Τι γράφει ο ιστορικός Sven Beckert
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Καπιταλισμός / Ό,τι αρχίζει, κάποτε τελειώνει – Τι γράφει ο ιστορικός Sven Beckert
Σε μια εποχή αλλεπάλληλων κρίσεων, από τη χρηματοπιστωτική κατάρρευση του 2008 μέχρι τους πολέμους στην Ουκρανία...
https://tvxs.gr/news/kosmos/kapitalismos-oti-archizei-kapote-teleionei-ti-grafei-o-istorikos-sven-beckert/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kapitalismos-oti-archizei-kapote-teleionei-ti-grafei-o-istorikos-sven-beckert
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Paulo Drinot
about 2 months ago
Great first session of Los viernes históricos today with Sven Beckert discussing his mammoth global history of capitalism. Join us for the next meeting with Roy Hora next month!
www.vierneshistoricos.org/es/Events/in...
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Eventos
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German Historical Institute Washington
about 2 months ago
Our thanks to
@svenbeckert.bsky.social
and Diana Kim for joining us yesterday evening for a lively conversation about “Rethinking the History of Capitalism”!
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Thank you, Ondřej Bělíček, for this terrific conversation!
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I kapitalismus má svůj začátek a konec
Historik Sven Beckert o tom, odkud se kapitalistický systém vzal, co ho udržuje při životě a co by bylo zapotřebí k jeho svržení.
https://politiq.cz/2026/04/11/i-kapitalismus-ma-svuj-zacatek-a-konec/
about 1 month ago
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POLITIQ
about 1 month ago
I kapitalismus má svůj začátek a konec: Historik Sven Beckert o tom, odkud se kapitalistický systém vzal, co ho udržuje při životě a co by bylo zapotřebí k jeho svržení. Poslední desetiletí byla pro světové uspořádání hodně bouřlivá:…
#Rozhovory
#Společnost
#Zprávyzezahraničí
#dějiny
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I kapitalismus má svůj začátek a konec
Historik Sven Beckert o tom, odkud se kapitalistický systém vzal, co ho udržuje při životě a co by bylo zapotřebí k jeho svržení. Poslední desetiletí byla pro světové uspořádání hodně bouřlivá: finanční krize, vzestup nových středních mocností na globálním Jihu a války na Ukrajině a v Gaze – abychom jmenovali alespoň některé – vystavily poválečný […] Zdroj
http://dlvr.it/TRzrm6
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Dylan Gottlieb
about 1 month ago
They're here, and they're spectacular. Thanks to all for your help over the decade-plus it's taken to get here.
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Thank you for your hospitality, GHI, and for that great conversation, Diana!
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about 2 months ago
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Norbert Maria Schüssler
about 2 months ago
Harvard-Historiker Sven Beckert "Trump und das MAGA-Lager haben eine bestimmte Idee" Historiker Sven Beckert entzaubert Irrtümer über den Kapitalismus und erklärt, warum die Zukunft nicht allein in Händen von Donald Trump und Co. liegt. ➡️
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
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Katman
about 2 months ago
Sven Beckert’in “Kapitalizm”i ya da “Nobel” Masallarında Anlatılmayanlar (II) Ahmet Benlialper yazdı:
katmanportal.com/sven-beckert...
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Today in DC
www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
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Event – GHI Washington
Discussion at GHI Washington | Sven Beckert (Harvard University) and Diana Kim (Georgetown University)
https://www.ghi-dc.org/events/event/date/rethinking-the-history-of-capitalism-a-conversation-between-sven-beckert-and-diana-kim
about 2 months ago
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If in Boston, come join me tomorrow, Wednesday, April 8 for a talk on Capitalism: A Global History at Boston College Law School
events.bc.edu/event/sven-b...
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Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Speaker: Sven Beckert
https://events.bc.edu/event/sven-beckert-harvard-university
about 2 months ago
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German Historical Institute Washington
about 2 months ago
This Thursday, April 9, we’re excited to host "Rethinking the History of Capitalism," a conversation with
@svenbeckert.bsky.social
and Diana Kim (Georgetown University) about writing the history of capitalism on a global scale. Register here to watch the livestream:
www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
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Manisha Sinha
about 2 months ago
Historian here join us for this great event tomorrow evening on zoom hosted by the Library of America on voices from the Jim Crow era.
www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-fro...
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Voices from a Century of Struggle: Writings of the Jim Crow Era
Tyina L. Steptoe, Keisha N. Blain, and Manisha Sinha discuss crucial texts that explore the courageous struggle for racial equality
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-from-a-century-of-struggle-writings-of-the-jim-crow-era-registration-1985823623916?aff=eventspage
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I so much enjoyed the conversation with Krishnaswami Narayanan on Capitalism: A Global History. In today's Hindustan Times. I greatly appreciated that focus on the importance of decolonialization to twentieth century capitalism.
www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Hidden charges: K Narayanan talks to author Sven Beckert about the surprising history of capitalism
The system may be radical, but it isn’t new. It can be traced back 1,000 years. It once fought greed; saw rebellions against extraction. What’s coming next?
https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/art-culture/hidden-charges-k-narayanan-talks-to-author-sven-bekert-about-the-surprising-history-of-capitalism-101775224968901.html
about 2 months ago
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I so much enjoyed the conversation with Krishnaswami Narayanan on Capitalism: A Global History. In today's Hindustan Times. I greatly appreciated that focus on the importance of decolonialization to twentieth century capitalism.
www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Hidden charges: K Narayanan talks to author Sven Beckert about the surprising history of capitalism
The system may be radical, but it isn’t new. It can be traced back 1,000 years. It once fought greed; saw rebellions against extraction. What’s coming next?
https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/art-culture/hidden-charges-k-narayanan-talks-to-author-sven-bekert-about-the-surprising-history-of-capitalism-101775224968901.html
about 2 months ago
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anlomedad
3 months ago
Nice Read! "das Ende des Kapitalismus zu datieren. ...Diese Zuversicht wiederum habe ich nicht. Aber alles, was einen Anfang hat, hat auch ein Ende." Vmtl. kommen die Kapitalismus-freien Inseln zu kurzer Blüte nach Ende der Tech-Zivilisation, 🤔doch bald regiert Kapitalismus wieder, per Karawanserei.
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Und hier mein Interview mit Marc von Lúbke zu Kapitalismus: Geschichte einer Weltrevolution
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
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"Trump steht an ihrer Spitze": Harvard-Historiker über den Kapitalismus
Krisen, Kriege und Konflikte: Der Kapitalismus hat bislang alles überstanden. Historiker Sven Beckert entzaubert Irrtümer über den Kapitalismus und erklärt, warum die Zukunft nicht allein in Händen vo...
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/krisen/id_101177884/-trump-steht-an-ihrer-spitze-kapitalismus-usa-und-welt-im-wandel.html
about 2 months ago
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Rolf Oldejans
about 2 months ago
Het einde van het kapitalisme is al vaak voorspeld. Maar volgens de Amerikaanse historicus Sven Beckert is het zo dynamisch dat het nog steeds nieuwe domeinen van het menselijk leven waar ook ter wereld weet binnen te dringen.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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De geschiedenis bewijst: het kapitalisme is van alle markten thuis en vindt zichzelf steeds opnieuw uit
Wereldgeschiedenis: Het einde van het kapitalisme is al vaak voorspeld. Maar volgens de Amerikaanse historicus Sven Beckert is het zo dynamisch dat het nog steeds nieuwe domeinen van het menselijk lev...
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/04/01/de-geschiedenis-bewijst-het-kapitalisme-is-van-alle-markten-thuis-en-vindt-zichzelf-steeds-opnieuw-uit-a4923108?utm_source=SIM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nieuwsbrieven&utm_content=nrcboeken&utm_term=20260403
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Jacobin
about 2 months ago
Historian Sven Beckert on where the capitalist system came from, what keeps it alive, and what it would take to bring it down.
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Capitalism Had a Beginning and Will Someday End
Historian Sven Beckert on where the capitalist system came from, what keeps it alive, and what it would take to bring it down.
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/capitalism-history-coercion-europe-beckert?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_pvkphx888s
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Dutch News
about 2 months ago
De geschiedenis bewijst: het kapitalisme is van alle markten thuis en vindt zichzelf steeds opnieuw uit Het einde van het kapitalisme is al vaak voorspeld. Maar volgens de Amerikaanse historicus Sven Beckert is het zo dynamisch dat het nog steeds nieuwe domeinen van het menselijk leven waar...
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De geschiedenis bewijst: het kapitalisme is van alle markten thuis en vindt zichzelf steeds opnieuw uit
Wereldgeschiedenis: Het einde van het kapitalisme is al vaak voorspeld. Maar volgens de Amerikaanse historicus Sven Beckert is het zo dynamisch dat het nog steeds nieuwe domeinen van het menselijk lev...
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/04/01/de-geschiedenis-bewijst-het-kapitalisme-is-van-alle-markten-thuis-en-vindt-zichzelf-steeds-opnieuw-uit-a4923108
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If in Bloomington, IN--come join me for this event on global capitalism, tomorrow, Friday!
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about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Historiker Sven Beckert über das „Wesen des
#Kapitalismus
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#Kapitalisten
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www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
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"Trump steht an ihrer Spitze": Harvard-Historiker über den Kapitalismus
Krisen, Kriege und Konflikte: Der Kapitalismus hat bislang alles überstanden. Historiker Sven Beckert entzaubert Irrtümer über den Kapitalismus und erklärt, warum die Zukunft nicht allein in Händen vo...
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/krisen/id_101177884/-trump-steht-an-ihrer-spitze-kapitalismus-usa-und-welt-im-wandel.html
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If in Bloomington, IN--come join me for this event on global capitalism, tomorrow, Friday!
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