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Capitalism vs. Socialism: Comparing Economic Systems

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Narrated by: Professor Edward F. Stuart PhD
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Ever since we produced our course Thinking About Capitalism, customers have expressed interest in a follow-up course that could help them understand socialism in the same way. After much consideration, we determined that it actually would be more beneficial to create a course that compares and contrasts the two major global economic theories, examining them in ways that move past the polemics many of us are used to and looking at these systems as they relate to one another and the world at large.

Politics and economics are inextricable, so it can be difficult to find the right person to tackle such a complex and often polarizing subject as objectively as possible. Luckily, we found Professor Edward Stuart, an economist and teacher who specializes in comparative economics. Professor Stuart brings not only economic expertise, but personal experience gleaned from teaching, traveling, and consulting all over the world, and it is this wide lens of experience that helps make Capitalism vs. Socialism such an engaging new entry in our library of courses.

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Some people have the gift of being able to bring what could be considered a dry subject, to life. This guys makes it very interesting without becoming political.

Great Presentation

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Good collection of information, not really a good narrative if you're not already interested in the subject. Well read, not sure you expect a good performance in a lecture, but I found this to be pretty engaging. Would prefer if it dug in a little deeper to each of the topics, but it seems like good introductory material, maybe a good companion to an economics course.

Good lecture

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The presenter is American and it shows. Over all good quality if you adjust for the bias.

Good quality, American bias

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good potted summary of the out comes of different economic approaches. author very likable

great summary

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Lots of great info and examples throughout the course! Well paced, well narrated and relatively neutral opinions on a topic that can be incredibly tempting to show bias. I truly enjoyed this course!

Awesome materials with incredible relevance today

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Ed Stuart has natural ease in how he presented this course, super interesting, a real eye opening topic and fun to listen to.

Ed Mullens Calgary Alberta

The was truly a 5 out of 5 star rating.

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Something for everybody here. Educational and always easy to listen to. As an armchair economist I gained a refreshing update and insight into history.
Most of my TGC selections are video, however audio worked fine for me on this one.

Useful and Absorbing

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Indeed a great course, rich with knowledge and insight. Dr. Stewart is consistently engaging and occasionally humorous. It's a down-to-earth, easy to comprehend analysis of over 100 years of historical events and their effects on economies and populations. It was my intro to economics and I hungrily listened all the way through. Sincerely recommended.

Engaging and enjoyable

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Lot of facts that I was unaware of before listening to this book. It was very interesting to hear how country developers succeed or failed in their attempts to help their economy. Also how countries influences world economy. Only this book I hear author says democracy is not the only key to success. It's not one size fits all. I highly recommend it to those history and economy lovers.

Great course

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every lecture was not just full of information, historical reference, and backed by great analysis but I found the lecturer very entertaining. knowledgeable would be an understatement, and his on topic antidotes and personal stories kept a potentially dull subject a joy to listen. I'm listening a second time,

riveting

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