Podcast / American Prestige / Nov 26, 2024

Mass Politics, the Economy, and the US Election

On this episode of American Prestige, Anton Jäger on the state of liberalism and the left.

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Mass Politics, the Economy, and the US Election w/ Anton Jäger | American Prestige
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On this episode of American Prestige, Anton Jäger, historian of political thought, returns to the program to speak with Danny about "the big picture" in the wake of the US election. They discuss the crisis of liberalism, the state of the left, where capital is in its own historical cycle, how the reactions to this election compare with that of 2016, hyperpolitics, empire, the view from Europe, and more.

Read Anton's latest piece in New Left Review"Hyperpolitics in America".

Further reading:

Also listen to our episode with Anton on hyperpolitics from last year.

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A wide-angle view of Kamala Harris sitting on a stage with a microphone, with a camera and screen in the foreground.

Vice President Kamala Harris at a National Association of Black Journalists discussion in Philadelphia on September 17, 2024.

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On this episode of American Prestige, Anton Jäger, a historian of political thought, returns to the program to speak with Danny about the big picture in the wake of the US election. We discuss the crisis of liberalism, the state of the left, where capital is in its own historical cycle, how the reactions to this election compare with that of 2016, hyperpolitics, empire, the view from Europe, and more.

Read Anton’s latest piece in New Left Review, “Hyperpolitics in America.”

Further reading:

Also listen to our episode with Anton on hyperpolitics from last year.

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Drugs in America, Pt. 1 w/ Ben Fong | American Prestige
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On this episode of American Prestige, hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner are joined by Ben Fong of Arizona State University for a two-part discussion of his book Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge. In this episode, the group covers everything from coffee to opiates to antidepressants, how they interact with capitalist society, the CIA, commodity fetishism, licit vs. illicit as distinct from legal vs. illegal, and more.

Check out more of Ben's work at his Substack on labor and logistics, On the Seams.

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Daniel Bessner

Daniel Bessner is an historian of US foreign relations, and cohost of American Prestige, a podcast on international affairs.

Derek Davison

Derek Davison is a writer and analyst specializing in international affairs and US foreign policy. He is the publisher of the Foreign Exchanges newsletter, cohost of the American Prestige podcast, and former editor of LobeLog.

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