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:
/173/ Reading Club: Left Case for Brexit (UNLOCKED)
Excerpt: /178/ Reading Club: Societies of Control
Excerpt: /177/ AufheBonus Bonus ft. Catherine Liu
/176/ The Worst Class ft. Catherine Liu
Excerpt: /175/ Psychoanalysis Against Adaptation ft. Benjamin Fong
/174/ Social Ungluing ft. Benjamin Fong
Excerpt: /172/ Three Articles: Elite Production
Excerpt: /171/ Fukuyama & the End of History ft. Daniel Bessner
Excerpt: /170/ Reading Club: Streeck's Critical Encounters
/169/ Authoritarian Liberalism and Its Discontents ft. Amber A'Lee Frost & Daniel Bessner
/168/ Corona, Climate, Communism ft. Andreas Malm
/167/ The Kingdom of God Is on Main Street ft. Todd McGowan
/161/ Culture is Bad for You ft. Mark Taylor (UNLOCKED)
Excerpt: /166/ Aufhebonus Bonus (December)
/165/ Black Spartacus ft. Sudhir Hazareesingh
Excerpt: /164/ Reading Club: Culture of Narcissism
/163/ Three Articles + Censorship ft. Douglas Lain
/162/ Gaming & Politics ft. Jonas Kyratzes
Excerpt: /161/ Culture Is Bad For You ft. Mark Taylor
/160/ Enemies of the People (Large & Very Small) ft. Wolfgang Streeck
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