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The Price of Life: From Slavery to Corporate Life Insurance  

Michael Ralph ▪ Spring 2017

Coal embodies capitalism’s most telling paradox: that the most lucrative industries are often the most dangerous. And from the days of slavery to the present, corporations have found ways to profit from the resulting deaths.



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[EVENT | May 22] Spring Issue Launch: Capitalism Today  

Editors ▪ May 15, 2017

On May 22, join James K. Galbraith, J.W. Mason, Julia Ott, and Mark Levinson for a panel discussion at the New School in New York.



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