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Crash Course World History II: Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China

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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. Host John Green 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. Part of the "Crash Course World History II" series.

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Runtime: 15 minutes 31 seconds

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