Steve Keen: Marxism, Capitalism, and Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #303

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:51 - Defining economics
8:50 - Schools of economics
33:10 - Karl Marx
51:24 - Labor theory of value
1:11:10 - Socialism
1:26:12 - Soviet Union
1:39:33 - China
1:59:24 - Climate change
2:21:27 - Economics vs Politics
2:29:30 - Minsky's model
2:44:14 - Financial crisis
2:49:31 - Inflation
3:02:46 - Marxism
3:10:06 - Space and AI
3:16:11 - Advice for young people
3:20:02 - Depression
3:24:35 - Love
3:28:35 - Mortality

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