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Interchange – The Automation Ruse, Part One: Jason E. Smith on Economic Stagnation

We’ll open with “Powerhouse” performed here by Don Byron off of Bug Music from 1996. Composed by Raymond Scott in 1937, “Powerhouse” was featured in over 40 Warner Bros. cartoons and perhaps best known for its use in the 1946 Looney Tunes cartoon “Baby Bottleneck” which stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. 1946 is also the year the word, “automation,” …

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