Das Kapital is a Manga Best Seller
No, seriously. The story begins about the 2:00 mark in the video clip from the Rachel Maddow Show, available here (I deleted the embed, which showed up fine in preview, but wouldn't play when posted). Also, both the Washington Post and the Associated Press are carrying the story. Click on the links for the story, which I'm not quoting because of the hostility the Associated Press has for bloggers. It's bad enough that I'm sending traffic to sites that host their stories.
Washington Post: Marx 'Das Kapital' comic finds new fans in Japan
AP hosted on Google News (only click on this site if you can't get through to the Washington Post): Marx 'Das Kapital' comic finds new fans in Japan.
In case you're wondering, the manga is already scheduled to be translated into English, Chinese, and Korean, although I couldn't turn up the licensee during a cursory search on Google.
As a bonus, here's a tangentially related editorial from Ariana Huffington, owner and publisher of The Huffington Post.
Laissez-Faire Capitalism Should Be as Dead as Soviet Communism
( If a politician announced he was running on a platform of 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his need,' he would be laughed off the stage. That is also the correct response to anyone who continues to make the case that markets do best when left alone. )
Washington Post: Marx 'Das Kapital' comic finds new fans in Japan
AP hosted on Google News (only click on this site if you can't get through to the Washington Post): Marx 'Das Kapital' comic finds new fans in Japan.
In case you're wondering, the manga is already scheduled to be translated into English, Chinese, and Korean, although I couldn't turn up the licensee during a cursory search on Google.
As a bonus, here's a tangentially related editorial from Ariana Huffington, owner and publisher of The Huffington Post.
Laissez-Faire Capitalism Should Be as Dead as Soviet Communism
( If a politician announced he was running on a platform of 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his need,' he would be laughed off the stage. That is also the correct response to anyone who continues to make the case that markets do best when left alone. )
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