Gangsters of Capitalism — How Wall Street and the Military Built an American Empire
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores Gangsters of Capitalism by Jonathan M. Katz as a systems-level examination of how American imperial finance and military power shape perception, belief, and institutional outcomes.
Rather than isolating individual behavior or surface-level controversy, this analysis treats the work as a diagnostic of structural design — revealing how incentives, constraints, and feedback loops generate durable patterns that persist even when widely criticized.
By tracing design → incentives → outcomes →…
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