Empire of Cotton: A Global History — How Violence Built Industrial Capitalism

Crisis in Perception · Mar 27, 2026 · 47m

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

This episode explores Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert as a systems-level analysis of how the global cotton empire influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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