Chapter 69: The New Imperialism
In the late 19th Century, the nature of imperialism was evolving. Driven by Realist geopolitics, capitalist forces, and racist assumptions, Westerners scrambled for power over the rest of the world. I...
2 Des 20241h 42min
History Daily: The Great Civil War Locomotive Chase
A guest episode from the podcast History Daily! As we discussed back in Chapter 52, the new railroads played a major role during the U.S. Civil War. About a year into that war, a band of Union spies s...
30 Sep 202418min
Chapter 68: Industrialization Spreads East
In the mid-19th Century, two eastern empires were humiliated by industrialized powers. To avoid further humiliation, they both decided to industrialize themselves. In the late 19th Century, Russia and...
3 Jun 20241h 23min
Chapter 67 - The Iron Chancellor & Rise of Germany
The Second Industrial Revolution more or less coincided with the lifespan of the German Empire. From 1871 to 1914, the new nation adopted a fairly democratic constitution, saw massive population growt...
4 Mar 20241h 4min
Chapter 65: Economic Ideas (The Many Schools of Socialism)
During the late 19th Century, socialism fractured into numerous schools. In this episode, we explore the growing field of socialist thought, as well as its many colorful characters.Topics in this epis...
4 Sep 20231h 26min
Chapter 64: Economic Ideas (The Neoclassics)
Beginning in the 1870s, the Neoclassical School of Economics emerged. Borrowing the idea of marginal analysis from calculus, and applying it to the ethical theory of Utilitarianism, they revolutionize...
3 Jul 202358min
Chapter 63: Finance and Turbulence
As industrialization drove economic growth all over the Western World, financial systems had to keep growing in complexity and value. And as they did, they continued to drive industrialization further...
1 Mai 202355min
