Key Ideas

Think about the following questions as you watch the video

1. 03:04 What’s the difference between mercantile and industrial capitalism?
2. 05:19 What role did food and agriculture play in the rise of industrial capitalism?
3. 05:42 How did land ownership change in Britain in this period, and how did this affect production and distribution?
4. 07:02 In what ways is capitalism a “cultural system”?
5. 07:39 What were some problems with industrial capitalism? What were two different responses to these problems?
6. 10:23 What two types of socialism were there? How did they differ?
7. 12:12 According to Marx, what is the significance of conflict and struggle?