FROM THE VAULT: ALEX'S PICK (2)
On The Economist and the contradictions of global liberalism.
Alexander Zevin joins us to discuss his work on the 176 year history of the magazine that has accompanied liberalism's global expansion. Has it just reflected the world or has it actually influenced politics? How has The Economist balanced democracy against the interests of finance and the needs of empire? And is the magazine suffering from N.O.B.S.?
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Running order:
/123/ Mr Bunga Goes to Washington (2) ft. Nicholas Kiersey
Excerpt: /122/ TFW NO GF
UNLOCKED /120/ Damaged Beyond Repair? ft. Anton Jäger
/121/ Those Murdering Bastards ft. Vincent Bevins
Excerpt: /120/ Damaged Beyond Repair ft. Anton Jäger
Excerpt: /119/ Reading Club: Digital Socialism
Excerpt: /118/ Three Articles: Covid
/117/ Against The Virus ft. John McAfee
/116/ Mr Bunga Goes to Washington (1) ft. Nick Frayn
Excerpt: /115/ Singapore Shangri-La ft. Lee Jones
Excerpt: /114/ Reading Club: The Light That Failed
/113/ Globoville ft. Richard Williams
Excerpt: /112/ Ideologies of the Near Future
/111/ Big Money Talk: The Case for MMT ft. Bill Mitchell
Excerpt: /110/ Three Articles: De-democratising
/109/ Bunga Goes Ballard ft. Simon Sellars
/108/ Coronageddon? ft. Mark Honigsbaum / Lee Jones
/107/ Ireland’s Return to History ft. Colin Coulter
Excerpt: /106/ The Endless Scrolling of Cinema ft. Maren Thom
Excerpt: /105/ The Lorax & the AK-47 ft. Leigh Phillips
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