Aldo Madariaga on Neoliberalism, Democratic Deficits, and Chile
It's not just inequality of wealth. It is not just inequality of income, which is big. It's also inequality in terms of the geographical clustering of different strata of the population, of different ...
10 Aug 202144min
Roger Lee Huang on Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the Tatmadaw
I think this actually reflects why we've seen a coup now. Clearly, the coup has really brought serious economic devastation for the entire country and the military itself will also not benefit from th...
3 Aug 202147min
Mallory SoRelle on the Politics of Consumer Credit
Americans are expected to take on debt, because that's how we're expected to finance everything from basic needs to a college education. And that's a function of economic policy making. That doesn't h...
27 Jul 202150min
David Stasavage on Early Democracy and its Decline
This was not a phenomenon to one specific region. This was nothing that got invented in one place and at one time. It seems to have emerged independently in a wide, wide variety of human societies at ...
20 Jul 202145min
Christophe Jaffrelot on Narendra Modi and Hindu Nationalism
The police is even acting directly against the minorities and the Delhi riots of 2020 showed that the police could be on their side in the street in their rioting activities. This is exactly the same ...
13 Jul 202149min
Jan-Werner Müller on Democracy Rules
It really matters how you set up conflict and how you talk about the issue and above all how you talk about your adversary. That's where I see the decisive difference between those who tend to invoke ...
6 Jul 202148min
Dorothy Sue Cobble on the Full Rights Feminists
They wanted the full array of rights. Political rights, yes, they were active in the suffrage movement, but they also wanted economic rights and social rights. They wanted to lessen inequalities. They...
29 Jun 202150min
Freedom House: Sarah Repucci Assesses Freedom in the World
Democracy is about more than elections. Election day is very important, but what is happening in the country every other day is an integral part to what a democracy is and if you think about the funda...
22 Jun 202143min
