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Autobiography and MemoirNovember 17, 2022
How a Defender of American Empire Became a Dissenter
A conversation with Lyle Jeremy Rubin about the complicated ideology of the marine corps, America’s obsession with war, and his new memoir Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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EconomicsOctober 10, 2022
Cash Is Never Neutral: A Conversation on the Politics of Money
Stefan Eich talks to The Nation about the role monetary policy plays in crisis, if money can be turned into a more democratic tool, and his new book, The Currency of Politics.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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Global OrganizationsJune 15, 2022
The Rotten Roots of the IMF and the World Bank
A conversation with Jamie Martin about the imperial origins of the world’s economic governance, imagining an alternative to these institutions, and his new book, The Meddlers.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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ClassMay 23, 2022
Vivek Chibber on the Future of Marxist Thought
His new book The Class Matrix: Social Theory After the Cultural Turn is an impassioned argument for centering class politics in both theory and praxis.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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HistoryApril 13, 2022
Has Neoliberalism Really Come to an End?
A conversation with historian Gary Gerstle about understanding neoliberalism as a bipartisan worldview and how the political order it ushered in has crumbled.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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HistoryMarch 15, 2022
Are We Still Fighting the Battles of the New Left?
Terence Renaud’s new book compels us to revisit post-war activist movements around the world to understand generational conflicts in the left.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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HistoryFebruary 28, 2022
What Is Fueling Our Century’s Global “Disorder”?
A conversation with historian Helen Thompson about the changes in energy consumption and monetary policy that set the table for today’s geopolitical instability.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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January 19, 2022
Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure
A conversation with George Aumoithe on the history of disease prevention, the economic roots of the crisis American hospitals face, and why we need to do better.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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HistoryJanuary 6, 2022
Randall Kennedy Says It Loud
A conversation with the Harvard law professor about his new essay collection, the state or racial politics, campus activism, and much more.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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December 22, 2021
What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About American Democracy
A conversation with Danielle Allen about the strengths and faults of federalism during our health crisis.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins