Capitalism, Consumer Activism & Free Enterprise History | Prof. Larry Glickman - Cornell (Ep. 20)

<p>Cornell historian, <a href="https://history.cornell.edu/lawrence-b-glickman" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Larry Glickman</a>, explains that capitalism isn&#39;t a fixed system, but an idea that Americans have continually reinvented. Glickman is the author of <a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300238259/free-enterprise/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Free Enterprise: An American History</em></a>  and <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo6682337.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America</em></a>. </p><p><strong>Glickman recommends</strong>: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/046500296X?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism</em></a> by Edward Baptist, <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780809058280/theincorporationofamerica/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>The Incorporation of America,</em></a> by Alan Trachtenberg, <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo12244559.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy</em></a>, by Suzanne Mettler, &quot;<a href="https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/hayek-why-i-am-not-conservative.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Why I Am Not a Conservative</em></a>&quot; by F.A. Hayek, <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-marketplace-of-revolution-9780195181319?cc=us&lang=en&" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>The Marketplace of RevolutionHow Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence</em></a><em> </em>by T.H. Breen, and <a href="https://direct.mit.edu/tneq/article/99/1/146/136197/Plantation-Goods-A-Material-History-of-American" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery</em></a> by Seth Rockman.<em><strong> </strong></em></p><p><br></p>