Best Pforzheim Podcasts (2024)

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Trouble over Taiwan | Bonnie Glaser 32:48

2+ y ago32:48

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In the Sino-American great-power drama, Taiwan has taken center stage, as China has ramped up pressure on the island. How much danger is Taiwan in – and how far will the US go to defend it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Debt Wars | Barry Eichengreen 28:34

2+ y ago28:34

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The unprecedented fiscal spending that many governments unleashed in response to the COVID-19 crisis has fueled an increasingly heated debate over the risks posed by public debt. But the debate is far from new, and history holds important lessons that should inform it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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America’s Afghan Debacle | Annie Pforzheimer 29:00

2+ y ago29:00

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The Taliban has announced its interim government, and its all-male, often-hardline makeup seems to have confirmed many observers’ worst fears. Why did the US mission in Afghanistan fail, and what is in store for the country under Taliban rule? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Voting in a Time of Democratic Erosion | Francesca Binda 33:44

2+ y ago33:44

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While elections alone don’t necessarily make a state democratic, they do offer a glimpse into the strength and legitimacy of a democracy. What can we learn from recent electoral outcomes? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Is Crypto Going Mainstream? | Sheila Warren 27:53

2+ y ago27:53

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After over a decade on the fringes of the global monetary system, digital currencies are increasingly being embraced by companies, governments, and citizens around the world. Are they set to become an integral part of the global monetary system? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Economic Crisis in the Anthropocene | Adam Tooze 31:45

2+ y ago31:45

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The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the swiftest and most comprehensive contraction of global economic activity ever. With crises set to proliferate – not least because of climate change – the successes and failures of the pandemic response should serve as lessons for governments everywhere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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The End of the Indispensable Nation | Stephen Wertheim 34:31

2+ y ago34:31

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Twenty years ago, the September 11 terrorist attacks invigorated America’s sense of itself as the “indispensable nation.” But its actions since then have failed to improve global security and have endangered those who it claimed to be helping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Toward Bretton Woods 2.0? | Harold James & Paola Subacchi 36:35

2+ y ago36:35

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In 1971, President Richard Nixon closed the gold window, effectively ushering in a new global monetary non-system with a single pillar: the US dollar. Fifty years later, that pillar is showing signs of strain. Can the world muster the cooperation needed to manage whatever comes next? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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The US Economy’s Great Adjustment | Betsey Stevenson 32:04

2+ y ago32:04

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With many low-paying jobs going unfilled, it seems that the COVID-19 crisis has forced a much-needed adjustment in a labor market where workers had long suffered from a decline in bargaining power. But, as pandemic-support programs end and automation accelerates, workers face serious risks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio…

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Is It Time to Cancel the Olympics? | Jules Boykoff 28:50

3y ago28:50

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Even when the world isn’t gripped by a pandemic, staging the Olympic Games can create serious problems for local populations. So, why do cities and countries keep seeking to host them? Here to help us answer this question is Jules Boykoff. Jules is an associate professor of political science at Pacific University in Oregon, and a former member of t…

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The Communist Party of China at 100 | Rana Mitter 36:39

3y ago36:39

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The Communist Party of China, founded a century ago, has been in power for more than seven decades – and it has big plans for the future. What do those plans entail, and is the Party still strong enough to implement them? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Merkel’s Complicated Legacy | Constanze Stelzenmüller 32:15

3y ago32:15

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As German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to step aside after 16 years in office, Germany, Europe, and the world are entering a new, more uncertain phase – one that will be significantly shaped by her legacy. But which one?Here to help us answer these questions is Constanze Stelzenmüller. She holds the Fritz Stern chair on Germany and trans-Atlan…

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Is the US Ready for War? | Michèle Flournoy 28:25

3y ago28:25

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Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been the world’s only superpower – a status ensured by the country’s powerful military. But great-power competition is making a comeback, raising questions about US preparedness.Michèle Flournoy is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors, a co-founder and former CEO of the Center for…

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Is India’s Democracy Dying? | Milan Vaishnav 32:54

3y ago32:54

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Despite major challenges, India’s multicultural democracy has thrived for more than 70 years. But can it survive Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu-nationalist agenda?Here to help us answer this question is Milan Vaishnav. Vaishnav is the director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the author …

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Special Edition: Will COVID-19 Bring Europe “Ever Closer”? | Niels Thygesen 30:44

3y ago30:44

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While critics say that the European Union has stumbled from crisis to crisis for most of its existence, its defenders counter that crises have made it both stronger and more necessary over time. As the bloc’s complex history and current challenges show, both claims are true.Niels Thygesen is an economist and an emeritus professor at the University …

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Russia’s Not So Strongman | Timothy M. Frye 27:08

3y ago27:08

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Popular protests and a tanking economy seem to be weakening President Vladimir Putin’s position, if not threatening his grip on power. Yet Russia’s strongman leader will not go down without a fight.Joining us today to help demystify one of the world’s most prominent dictators is Timothy Frye, the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign…

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Will the American Jobs Plan Remake the US Economy? | James K. Galbraith 30:19

3y ago30:19

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US President Joe Biden’s public-investment proposal is undoubtedly ambitious – and highly controversial. But it may also be the key to putting the US economy on the path toward a more sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future.Here to help us understand the American Jobs Plan – and the debate surrounding it – is James Galbraith. Galbraith is an …

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The Return of the Taliban | Ashley Jackson 32:20

3y ago32:20

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After 20 years and more than $2 trillion, the US is under growing pressure finally to withdraw from Afghanistan, leaving the country where it started: in the hands of the Taliban. What will this mean for Afghanistan’s people, their neighbors, and the world?Ashley Jackson is the co-director of the Centre for the Study of Armed Groups at the Overseas…

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Outtakes: Do Travel Bans Work? | Jennifer Nuzzo 8:06

3y ago8:06

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This week in Outtakes, recent guest Jennifer Nuzzo, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health and Security, explains why border closures aren’t an effective virus-containment strategy – and says what is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Project Syndicate

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Stopping the Next Pandemic | Jennifer Nuzzo 31:26

3y ago31:26

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Even if the world does manage to end the COVID-19 pandemic, we can’t simply breathe a sigh of relief and return to business as usual. With the number of new infectious diseases rising fast, the next pandemic could be just around the corner.Jennifer Nuzzo is a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and an associate professor…

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The Growing Threat of Far-Right Extremism | Cynthia Miller-Idriss 27:43

3y ago27:43

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With the encouragement of leaders like Donald Trump, far-right extremism has gone mainstream in recent years. To mitigate the growing danger far-right groups pose, policymakers need to deepen their understanding of how these groups recruit members and mobilize supporters.Joining this episode is Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a professor at American Univers…

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The Legacy of Egypt’s Arab Spring | Michael Wahid Hanna 25:14

3y ago25:14

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Ten years after a popular uprising overthrew a dictator, Egypt largely appears to be back where it started. Why were Egyptians’ democratic hopes dashed, and can they still be realized?Here to discuss Egypt’s situation and prospects is Michael Hanna. Michael is a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and a non-resident fellow at the Reiss Center o…

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The Post-Brexit World Order | Timothy Garton Ash 28:53

3+ y ago28:53

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Just as Brexit marked the end of an era, it marks the beginning of a new one. And there is plenty of reason for both the United Kingdom and the European Union to doubt that the new era will be better.Here to discuss is Timothy Garton Ash, a Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford and a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover…

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US Foreign Policy after “America First” | Kori Schake 33:21

3+ y ago33:21

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After four years of an “America first” foreign policy, President-elect Joe Biden wants the world to know that America is back. But will Biden and his foreign-policy team be able to restore America’s global standing – and the relative stability it once provided?Kori Schake is the director of foreign and defense policy at the American Enterprise Inst…

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Repairing America’s Broken Social Compact | Danielle Allen 30:41

3+ y ago30:41

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One issue links the political ructions and failures that have afflicted America in 2020: trust – or, rather, the lack thereof. Neither a COVID-19 vaccine nor a new president will solve this problem; only a new social compact can.Our guest today is Danielle Allen, a political theorist and classicist. She is the James Bryant Conant University Profess…

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Could Vaccine Nationalism Prolong the Pandemic? | Tom Bollyky 31:56

3+ y ago31:56

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With multiple producers touting promising results in late-stage trials of COVID-19 vaccine candidates, the end of the pandemic finally seems to be in sight. But rather than work together to produce and distribute vaccine doses, some governments are taking an every-country-for-itself approach – raising serious risks not only for public health, but a…

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The GOP After Trump | Sarah Longwell 28:19

3+ y ago28:19

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Joe Biden may have won the US election, but the vote was hardly the firm popular rebuke to Trumpism many had anticipated. What does that mean for a Republican Party that has tied itself into knots defending Donald Trump over the last four years?Sarah Longwell joins us to help us answer that question. She is the founder of Republican Voters Against …

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Outtakes: Richard Pildes on Polarization in America 12:27

3+ y ago12:27

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Today’s US election comes at a moment of such deep polarization that many are bracing for a bitter fight over the results. In this week’s special episode, we follow up with law scholar Richard Pildes on how America got to this point, and what it means for the next administration’s ability to govern. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i…

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Is the US Headed Towards a Disputed Election? | Richard Pildes 31:23

3+ y ago31:23

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Donald Trump’s repeated efforts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the upcoming election has further intensified the polarization that has increasingly defined American politics in recent years. Now, many fear a drawn-out dispute over the results.Richard Pildes is the Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University, and the co-…

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What’s Next for Abenomics? | Kathy Matsui 28:01

3+ y ago28:01

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s successor, Yoshihide Suga, has pledged to uphold his signature economic-policy program, Abenomics. What did that program really achieve, and is it up to the task of supporting Japan’s economy through the COVID-19 crisis?Kathy Matsui is Vice Chair of Goldman Sachs Japan, and the author of a new book titled, "How …

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Does Inflation Matter Anymore? | Claudia Sahm 31:51

3+ y ago31:51

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The US Federal Reserve has announced a major shift in its monetary-policy framework: it will no longer target an inflation rate of “around 2%” at all times. What does this mean for the US economy – and the workers who make it run?Claudia Sahm joins us to discuss. Claudia is the director of macroeconomic policy at the Washington Center for Equitable…

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Will We Solve the Climate Crisis in Time? | Bill McKibben 24:33

3+ y ago24:33

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In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that the world will face worsening food crises, devastating wildfires, and coral reef die-offs unless it halves greenhouse-gas emissions within the next decade. Yet emissions actually rose in 2019, suggesting that growing public support for climate action may be too little, too late.Bill…

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The End of College as We Know It? | Robert Kelchen 25:24

3+ y ago25:24

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When COVID-19 hit the United States in March, colleges and universities around the country quickly shifted to remote learning. But, as a new semester begins, the pandemic is nowhere near under control, and many institutions are wondering how much longer they can survive with closed or restricted campuses.Robert Kelchen is a professor at Seton Hall …

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The Arrival of Kamala Harris | Julia Azari 28:55

3+ y ago28:55

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Joe Biden has hinted that, if he wins November’s US presidential election, he will serve only one term. However unlikely that may be, his running mate, Kamala Harris, may well be the next Democratic presidential standard-bearer – even if Biden loses in November.Julia Azari is an associate professor and assistant chair in the Department of Political…

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Outtakes: Daniel Drezner on the History of the Nation-State 5:33

3+ y ago5:33

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For the past week, we’ve been on VEEP watch – repeatedly checking our phones for any indication that Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for US president, was ready to announce his running mate. The plan was to discuss his choice – and the role of the vice president more broadly, in today’s episode.But as we refreshed our news feeds, our …

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The COVID-19 World Order | Daniel Drezner 31:15

4y ago31:15

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For decades, globalization has been narrowing the scope of national sovereignty. Does the COVID-19 pandemic – which has highlighted, yet again, the interconnected nature of today’s most pressing challenges – augur the end of the nation-state’s primacy?Daniel Drezner is a professor of international politics at Tufts University and the author of The …

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How Would Black Economists Change Economics? | Lisa D. Cook 25:16

4y ago25:16

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Just 3% of US economics PhDs were awarded to black people in 2017 – a share that has been trending downward since the mid-1990s. This week, we examine the effects of this lack of black representation on economic policy and outcomes.Lisa Cook is an associate professor in the economics department at Michigan State University. Hosted on Acast. See aca…

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The End of Hong Kong? | Minxin Pei 24:26

4y ago24:26

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For over a year, China has progressively tightened its grip on Hong Kong. Its latest move – the introduction of a new security law – may spell the death of the “one country, two systems,” and thus democracy and the rule of law in the city, but at what cost to the Communist Party of China?**Minxin Pei is Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna …

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Special Edition: America’s Dilemma Explodes 30:16

4y ago30:16

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George Floyd’s fatal encounter with the police seems to have been a tipping point in the United States. It comes at time when the pandemic has caused unemployment to skyrocket and exposed the life-and-death stakes of longstanding inequalities.Khalil Gibran Muhammad, the former director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, is Profe…

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Our Digital, No-Touch Future | Marietje Schaake 27:26

4y ago27:26

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Not even a pandemic seems to be slowing down the world’s tech giants. Companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Google may emerge as the winners of the COVID-19 crisis, but at what cost to our societies and democracies?Marietje Schaake joins Opinion Has It to discuss how Big Tech has shaped our politics and economies, and how, if left unchecked, these c…

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Imagining the New 9-5 | Teresa Ghilarducci 28:35

4y ago28:35

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The labor market and workplace conditions have changed dramatically in recent years – often not for the better. How will the COVID-19 pandemic change how jobs are structured in the 21st century? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Project Syndicate

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Lockdowns or Clampdowns? | Michael Ignatieff 25:06

4y ago25:06

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for dictators and democrats alike to abuse government power, spurring fears that emergency measures will outlive the emergency. That danger is particularly acute in countries like Hungary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Project Syndicate

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Is the EU the World’s Unsung Superpower? | Anu Bradford 29:16

4y ago29:16

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When it comes to commerce, where Europe leads, others follow. The reason is simple: it’s too costly for global companies not to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach to their products. Does that make the European Union a global superpower? Columbia University law professor Anu Bradford joins our podcast to discuss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva…

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Will COVID-19 Make Modern Monetary Theory Mainstream? | Pavlina R. Tcherneva 30:38

4y ago30:38

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From the ashes of the Great Depression, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed through a raft of labor and social reforms that remade the American state and economy. We need FDR’s brand of “bold experimentation” to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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What History Can Teach Us About COVID-19 | Frank Snowden 19:00

4y ago19:00

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COVID-19 has upended our health systems, economies, and societies, but we’ve been through this before. Yale University historian Frank Snowden says history has much to teach us about confronting pandemics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Project Syndicate

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How to Start a Movement | Leymah Gbowee 24:02

4y ago24:02

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Liberian activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee launched a movement that toppled a dictatorship and ended a 14-year civil war. How did she do it? By bringing women into the peace process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Project Syndicate

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Live from Brooklyn Public Library: How Democrats Can Win in 2020 33:49

4y ago33:49

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“Make America Great Again” was a powerful campaign slogan in 2016, appealing in states that mattered to voters who felt that the US economy had passed them by. Winning them over – or winning them back – will be crucial to Democrats’ chances in November’s presidential and congressional elections. In a live recording at the Brooklyn Public Library, N…

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What Do Mainstream Economists Get Wrong About Poverty And Growth? | Abhijit Banerjee 21:41

4y ago21:41

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By focusing on practical solutions to small questions, Abhijit Banerjee helped revolutionize development economics. Now, he’s turning his focus to rehabilitating the battered reputations of economists themselves.Abhijit Banerjee is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT. In 2003, he co-founded J-PAL, the Abdul Latif Jameel …

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Is it Time for Iowa to Pass the Torch? | Edward L. Widmer 27:10

4y ago27:10

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Since the 1970s, Iowa has hosted the United States’ first primary contest for US presidential nominees, often with make-or-break consequences for the candidates. But the state has come under scrutiny for its relative lack of diversity, and calls are intensifying for it to give up its preeminent position.Edward L. Widmer is a former speechwriter for…

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Disunited Kingdom | David Edgerton 24:44

4+ y ago24:44

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Will Brexit break up the United Kingdom? Historian David Edgerton says that the time has come to let go of the idea of a “British nation.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Project Syndicate

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