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:
Excerpt: /260/ Reading Club: Fear II - Furedi
/258/ Conformist Rebellion ft. Elena Lange & Joshua Pickett-Depaolis
/257/ How to Boil a Frog (2) ft. Chris Bickerton
/256/ How to Boil a Frog (1) ft. Charles Devellennes
Excerpt: /255/ Reading Club: Fear I – Robin
/254/ Three Articles: Ukraine
/252/ Technopopulism & Toxic Politics ft. Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
/250/ Oil & Disorder ft. Helen Thompson
/249/ Dances with Truckers ft. Ashley Frawley
Excerpt: /248/ Aufhebonus Bonus
/246/ Why Isn’t There Revolution? ft. Vivek Chibber
Excerpt: /245/ Reading Club: Emergency Politics II - Agamben
/244/ Bunga NYC: Live Debate ft. Adam Tooze
/236/ Green Nazi Paedos ft. Lily Lynch (UNLOCKED)
/242/ Bureaucracy Rules OK ft. Michael Lind
Excerpt: /241/ Three Articles: Peace & Social War in North America
/240/ Populist Interventions: Örebro Party ft. Malcolm Kyeyune
/239/ Against Justice ft. Ross Wolfe
/238/ Reading Club: Emergency Politics I (Extended Excerpt)
Excerpt: /237/ Three Articles: Italy, Ukraine, Matrix
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