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The financial crisis of 2008, and the Great Recession that followed, had a similar effect on the home front. The guilty parties were elites—bankers, traders, regulators, and policymakers. Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman and an Ayn Rand fan, admitted that the crisis undermined his faith in the narrative of Free America. But those who
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
Kyle Chayka • Techno-Fascism Comes to America
This is America, we would say to ourselves, there is no need to worry. And we would be wrong.
Julie Otsuka • The Buddha in the Attic
Classical Liberalism has had a good run. Now it’s about to get run over by a bus full of stupid “post-capitalist” political trends—the new socialism, the new nationalism, the new trade war mercantilism, and the new social media platforms that drive this bus.
P.J. O'Rourke • A Cry from the Far Middle: Dispatches from a Divided Land
By the end of 1954, McCarthy may have been spent, but the forces he represented—popular anxiety about the fate of the nation—would never completely subside.
Jon Meacham • The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
StoryCorps and Braver Angels
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
Zhou embodies the gladiatorial mentality of Chinese internet entrepreneurs. In his world, competition is war and he will stop at nothing to win. In Silicon Valley, his tactics would guarantee social ostracism, antimonopoly investigations, and endless, costly lawsuits. But in the Chinese coliseum, none of these three can hold back combatants. The
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