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:
Excerpt: /375/ From Hyperliberalism to the Grayzone
/374/ You’re Gonna Need Representation ft. Vincent Bevins
Excerpt: /373/ Take a Stand: Be Neutral! ft. Lily Lynch
Excerpt: /372/ Reading Club: Globalisation (I)
/371/ The Milei Massacre Didn’t Happen ft. Ernesto Seman
/370/ Dead Ends in Israel & Palestine ft. Alex Gourevitch
/369/ Information-War and War-Politics ft. Jacob Siegel
/367/ Don’t Pay Them Back ft. Jerome Roos
/366/ Reading Club: Legitimacy (IV)
/365/ It’s So Over (Again) ft. Ryan Zickgraf
UNLOCKED: /361/ A Nightmare on the Brains of the Living ft. Benjamin Studebaker
Excerpt: /364/ The Eternal Sunshine of the Bourgeoisie
UNLOCKED: /351/ Eating the Left’s Lunch? ft. Cecilia Lero & Tamás Gerőcs
Excerpt: /363/ Outsourcing the State
/362/ Life Doesn’t Have to Zuck ft. Cory Doctorow
Excerpt: /361/ A Nightmare on the Brains of the Living ft. Benjamin Studebaker
Excerpt: /360/ Reading Club: Legitimacy (III)
/359/ Apollo Gets High ft. Benjamin Fong
/357/ Lucky, Meaty Nations ft. Shahar Hameiri & Tom Chodor
/356/ Land of the Unfree ft. Sohrab Ahmari
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