Long Reads: Lea Ypi on the Enigmas of Modern Albania
Jacobin Radio
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Is the Second Part of the Book a More Convenient Account?
Albania's experience of capitalism in the 19 nineties proved to be quite dramatic. The collapse of a huge pyramid scheme led to a brief civil war. Three decades after the transition began, it remains one of the poorest countries in europe. Do you think people were expecting a rather more conventional account that would make them feel better at bo present day western capitalism?
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