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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The same shadow is spreading today. According to one global institute (Freedom House), the share of the world’s population not living in “free” nations has expanded over the last decade from 55 percent to 80 percent.
Neil Howe • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
consultant Ed Rollins. Rollins was
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
The reality is that members of the American left have, whether they like it or not, become the new conservatives. At least in economic policy, they are usually the defenders of the status quo. In contrast, some of the so-called “conservatives” are the radicals seeking major change; at a recent public event, I heard two African American intellectual
... See moreTyler Cowen • The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better: A Penguin eSpecial from Dutton
Angela Chicken on Substack
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Wolfe had been an influential advocate in the 1970s
Michiko Kakutani • The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
“To recap, neoliberalism's network of influence operates as follows:
• “Oligarchs and corporations often covertly (i.e. 'using dark money') fund think tanks and academic departments.
• “These institutions, in turn, make the unreasonable demands of the oligarchs and corporations sound reasonable and normal.
• “The press - also largely controlled by
three decades since the FCC revoked the Fairness Doctrine (which required TV and radio stations to devote some of their programming to important issues of the day and air opposing views on those issues)