Finished the chapter on Postcommunist economies with a good discussion on the transformation of Eastern European bloc. Their slow acceptance of shock therapy post soviet collapse which helped them avoid the Russian oligarch trajectory. Poland, Hungary and Slovakia compared to Sweden, Germany etc. The level of inequality. The capitalist exploitation by the West thats used by the social nativist political parties. European union issues faced by labor movement and attitude towards immigration.
Next chapter is on Hypercapitalism.
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