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Andrés Velasco on Oil Shocks and Financial Crises
Yascha Mounk and Andrés Velasco discuss why the current energy crisis won’t repeat the 1970s—and what dangers lurk in today’s financial markets. Andr…
14 hours ago
Ruy Teixeira on What the Liberal Patriot Closure Says About the Center Left
Yascha Mounk and Ruy Teixeira examine how the Democratic Party’s cultural evolution drove away working-class voters—and ask whether it may be too lat…
4 days, 14 hours ago
Kathleen Stock on the Case Against Assisted Death
Yascha Mounk and Kathleen Stock discuss whether liberal arguments for medically assisted suicide fail to hold up under scrutiny. Kathleen Stock is a …
4 days, 14 hours ago
Sebastian Mallaby on AI Safety and the Race for Superintelligence
Yascha Mounk and Sebastian Mallaby discuss why tech leaders both fear and accelerate dangerous AI development, and whether open-source models pose un…
1 week ago
David Autor on the Scars That Money Can’t Heal
Yascha Mounk and David Autor discuss how policy failures made trade disruption worse—and why we're still making the same mistakes. David Autor is the…
1 week, 4 days ago
David Goodhart on Why the Educated Elite Lost Touch with Democracy
Yascha Mounk and David Goodhart explore how the domination of mobile, university-educated “anywheres” sparked the populist revolt. David Goodhart is …
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Shashank Joshi on Why the War in the Middle East Won’t End Anytime Soon
Yascha Mounk and Shashank Joshi examine whether the United States and Israel are achieving their strategic objectives in the Middle East. Shashank Jo…
3 weeks ago
Ibram X. Kendi on Great Replacement Theory
Yascha Mounk and Ibram X. Kendi also discuss anti-racism, equity, and education. Ibram X. Kendi is Professor of History and the founding director of …
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Adrian Wooldridge on the Lost Genius of the Political Center
Yascha Mounk and Adrian Wooldridge explore how liberalism reinvented itself through past crises—and what that means for its survival today. Adrian Wo…
4 weeks ago
A Very Brief Interview with Klaus Schwab
Yascha Mounk and Klaus Schwab discuss truth, trust, and accountability—until he abruptly ended the interview. In January, I received an email from Kl…
1 month ago