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:
/387/ Get Fungal to Save Culture ft. Lias Saoudi (Fat White Family)
Excerpt: /386/ Reading Club: Globalisation (III & IV)
/384/ Millennial Rule ft. Amber A'Lee Frost
/383/ Stare into the Abyss with Us ft. Juliano Fiori
Excerpt: /382/ Death of the Millennial Left ft. Chris Cutrone
UNLOCKED: /373/ Take a Stand: Be Neutral! ft. Lily Lynch
[FROM THE VAULT] /44/ Neoliberal Order Breakdown Syndrome (N.O.B.S.)
[FROM THE VAULT] /74/ Order Not Freedom ft. Quinn Slobodian
[FROM THE VAULT] /161/ Culture is Bad for You ft. Mark Taylor
[FROM THE VAULT] /46/ Exiting Capitalist Realism
[FROM THE VAULT] /136/ Banana Monarchy ft. David Edgerton
/381/ Contemporary Art: Inane Spectacle & Pompous Discourse, ft. JJ Charlesworth
Excerpt: /380/ Josephine’s Body Count
/379/ Sexy Pictures of Taylor Swift (Not Brexit)
Excerpt: /378/ Reading Club: Globalisation (II)
/377/ The Locked-Up Country ft. Shahar Hameiri & Tom Chodor
Excerpt: /376/ AufheBonus Bonus - Nov 2023
Excerpt: /375/ From Hyperliberalism to the Grayzone
/374/ You’re Gonna Need Representation ft. Vincent Bevins
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