Crash Course World History

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Crash Course World History

First Air Date

January 26, 2012

Last Air Date

April 4, 2015

Seasons

2

Episodes

72

Language

English

Production Companies

ComplexlyThought Bubble

Networks

YouTube

Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China
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Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China

In which John Green teaches you about the end of World History, and the end of the world as we know it, kind of. For the last hundred years or so, it seemed that one important ingredient for running an economically successful country was a western-style democratic government. All evidence pointed to the idea that capitalist representative democracies made for the best economic outcomes. It turns out that isn't the only way to succeed. In the last 40 years or so, authoritarian capitalism as it's practiced in places like China and Singapore has been working really, really well. John is going to look at these systems and talk about why they work, and he's even going to make a few predictions about the future. Also, thanks for watching this series. It has been amazingly fun to create, and we appreciate all of you.

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