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:
/292/ Bungazão 2022: Unrealistic Pragmatism, ft. Unbridled Possibility Collective
/291/ The Right Timeline ft. Mattia Salvia
/290/ Cassoulet of Disruption ft. Nathan Sperber
Excerpt: /289/ Aufhebonus Bonus (September)
Excerpt: /288/ Feudal Limpets (Bunga Goes Royal)
/286/ What Was Communism? ft. Branko Milanovic
/284/ Bungazão 2022 ft. Alcysio Canette
Excerpt: /283/ Reading Club: Trust & Mistrust
Bunga Holiday
/281/ Foreign Fighters, Left & Right (I) ft. Stefan Bertram-Lee
Excerpt: /280/ Three Articles: Liberal Nationalism
/279/ Society of the Speculative ft. Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
Excerpt: /278/ Reading Club: Cynicism & Ideology
/276/ Broken Promises ft. Fritz Bartel
/273/ Eco-Leninism? [UNLOCKED]
Excerpt: /275/ Our Reply to Critics: Review of Reviews
Excerpt: /274/ Aufhebonus Bonus: July 2022
/272/ As Late As Necessary ft. Alex Gourevitch
/270/ Russia vs the West ft. Richard Sakwa
Excerpt: /269/ Three Articles: The 90s
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