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Furious Fridays: The Death of Stalin
Furious Fridays The Death of Stalin Last episode we ended with Lenin’s death. The roll out of Communism was well underway and it was time for new leadership. One his last policies before he died in 1924 was the New Economic Policy (NEP) in 1922… A mixed economy put in...
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Furious Fridays The price of free is freedom: Taking a look at Lenin's reign of terror Today we’re going to run through the very first implementation of Communism on a mass scale. Our last few Furious Friday episodes are a lead up to this. If you didn’t catch those...
read moreFurious Fridays: The Devil giveth and the Devil taketh away
Furious Friday The Devil giveth and the Devil taketh away Welcome to Finance and Fury! If you haven’t listened to last Friday’s episode go check it out, it’s a prelude to this episode. Today we are going to discuss the founder of Communism – Karl Marx, along with his...
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Furious Fridays The Holocaust, famine in the Ukraine, and how we just keep repeating the same mistakes, Rick and Morty style Welcome to Finance and Fury, Furious Friday Have a think about how much you know about history? Are you familiar with the big events, like WW1...
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